BlockManitou, Minnesota
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Northwest Koochiching unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 56629. The Survey maps it on the Manitou OE N quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 5 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.
- 1954 USGS International Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS International Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS International Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS International Falls quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Manitou between 1994 and 2017, burning about 133 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 May 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 May 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.2 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.3 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 May 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 May 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 68 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Manitou: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, PGE. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emo Prospect | Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, PGE | Occurrence | 1952 |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654813. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.