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Malcolm, Minnesota

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1977. It stands in Minnie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56727. The Survey maps it on the Four Town quadrangle.

Malcolm within Beltrami County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

37 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Malcolm between 1992 and 2018, burning about 29,927 acres in total. None started naturally. 20 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Arson/incendiarism20
Debris and open burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
30 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined25,396 acresMinnesota Department of Natural ResourcesNORTH MINNIE
30 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 September 1992Debris and open burning13 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 September 2015Debris and open burning3.3 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined450 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 August 2012Debris and open burning6.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 July 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Beltrami County

Storms near this place

13 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Malcolm in 13 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2009FloodMalcolm$5,000no account filed
June 2025Tornado (EF1)Malcolm-A swath of tree damage was found with satellite. A report was also relayed to the Beltrami county EM of trees twisted in every direction with significant road blockage near Gates Corner. A vehicle that got caught in it was abandoned because it would require heavy equipment to clear all the mangled trees. Max wind estimated at 100 mph.
August 2020Tornado (EF1)Malcolm-A 100 yard gash was noted in the forest, with trees snapped at various heights. Peak winds were estimated at 100 mph.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindMalcolm-Numerous large tree branches were snapped along Dicks Parkway, near Gates Corner, between 11 and 12 miles north of Fourtown.
July 2019Tornado (EF0)Malcolm-A persistent funnel cloud was observed by person located about 6 miles west-southwest of Norris Camp. The funnel appeared to descend very near the tree tops south-southeast of their location. This location is deep inside the Red Lake Wildlife Management Area, about 5 miles east-northeast of Gates Corner. Peak width is estimated.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindMalcolm-Trees and branches were blown down near the Northwood Church.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindMalcolm-Several three to five inch diameter branches were snapped.
July 2009HailMalcolm-Dime to nickel sized hail fell along with 60 mph winds.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindMalcolm-Four to six inch diameter branches were blown down along with some nickel sized hail.
July 2007HailMalcolm-This storm crossed a largely uninhabited area of extreme northwest Beltrami County. However, a storm survey team found numerous small tree branches and leaves littering a rural road. The vegetation was riddled with holes produced by large hail.
August 2013HailMalcolm-no account filed
May 2010HailMalcolm-no account filed
July 2008HailMalcolm-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Beltrami County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Four Town3.0 miles7
Carmel6.5 miles7
Jelle6.9 miles7
Thorhult8.0 miles6
Gates Corner8.9 miles7
Ponemah30.6 miles8
Little Rock33.7 miles9
Red Lake35.2 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654809. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.