Malung, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1976. It stands in Malung Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56751. It stands on Sucker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Malung quadrangle. It stands 1,063 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 8 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.
- 1918 USGS Goos quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Goos quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Malung quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
65 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Malung between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,099 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 | 50 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 1994 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
19 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Malung in 19 storm reports between 2001 and 2020: 10 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 heavy rain. 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 2011 | Lightning | Malung | $5,000 | A fire was started by a lightning strike. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malung | - | The roof was peeled off a pole barn. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malung | - | Several large branches were blown down in a tree claim. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Malung | - | Dime to quarter sized hail fell across eastern Malung Township. |
| June 2017 | Heavy Rain | Malung | - | A spotter reported 3.25 inches of rain, which caused some localized street flooding in Roseau. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malung | - | Trees were blown down and a roof was damaged. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malung | - | Several four inch diameter tree branches were blown down. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Malung | - | Dime sized hail and 1.18 inches of rain fell. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malung | - | Trees were blown down and a roof was damaged. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malung | - | Several large tree limbs and a stop sign were knocked down by a burst of thunderstorm wind. Multiple reports of damage were received between Malung and Roseau. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Malung | - | The hail lasted less than a minute. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malung | - | Several large trees and tree limbs were blown down. |
| September 2018 | Hail | Malung | - | no account filed |
| September 2018 | Hail | Malung | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Malung | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Malung | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Malung | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Malung | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Malung | - | 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.
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 Malung | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22060110 | 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 654810. 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.






