Malmo, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Malmo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56431. It stands on Borden Creek. The Survey maps it on the Malmo quadrangle. It stands 1,260 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1916 USGS Wealthwood quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Malmo quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Mille Lacs Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
66 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Malmo between 1992 and 2016, burning about 1,105 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 July 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 July 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 June 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 June 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Malmo in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malmo | $10,000 | Photos were received of extremely localized wind damage consisting of numerous medium to large trees snapped near the base along with upstairs windows blown in. There was no damage to nearly neighbors. A weakening storm moved overhead and likely produced a microburst over the property. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malmo | - | A tree was downed by the storm. |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Malmo | - | Water covered Aitkin County Trunk 2 about 4 miles east of Malmo. A vehicle passing through the road hydroplaned into the ditch. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malmo | - | Several trees were uprooted. A large tree branch landed on a car. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malmo | - | A few trees were blown down. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Malmo | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malmo | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glen | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Glory | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Wealthwood | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Thor | 11.1 miles | 7 | |
| Redtop | 12.7 miles | 6 | |
| Cutler | 12.7 miles | 11 | |
| Bennettville | 13.0 miles | 10 | |
| Dads Corner | 13.8 miles | 6 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Malmo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q13533457 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 647416. 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.




