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Marcell, Minnesota

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Marcell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56657. It lies near MacKenzie Island. The Survey maps it on the Marcell quadrangle. It stands 1,391 feet above sea level.

Marcell within Itasca County

On record in Marcell

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 10 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

36 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Marcell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 68 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning15
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
7 August 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreChippewa National ForestSWAMP FIRE
29 August 1996Smokingunder an acreChippewa National ForestBLUEBERRY
21 August 1994Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresChippewa National Forestnot named
20 August 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChippewa National ForestPAINT
6 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChippewa National ForestJACK
26 June 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreChippewa National ForestMAC
7 May 2005Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreChippewa National ForestMATT ZIMMER ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Itasca County

Storms near this place

41 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marcell in 41 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 20 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2023HailMarcell$5,000The large hail broke windows and dented a car.
June 2024Flash FloodMarcell-Flooding was reported along Minnesota Highway 38 between County Highway 28 and Forest Road 2373 near Marcell.
June 2024Flash FloodMarcell-Minnesota Highway 38 was closed between Polaris Road and North Star Road due to flooding.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindMarcell-At least 5 balsam trees were down with all falling to the northwest. Numerous conifer branches and tops were also down as well.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMarcell-Six trees were knocked down ranging from twelve to eighteen inches in diameter.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMarcell-More than twenty trees were downed blocking a road and driveways.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMarcell-Multiple trees were downed.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindMarcell-Several large pine trees about 1 to 2 feet in diameter were blown down or snapped.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindMarcell-A few trees were downed by the storm.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindMarcell-Multiple trees were downed along Minnesota Route 38 near North Star Lake.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindMarcell-Several large poplar trees were down in the ditch along Minnesota Route 38 three miles south of Marcell.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindMarcell-Two tall trees were uprooted by the wind and fell onto a swing set.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindMarcell-Several trees were knocked down along Minnesota 38.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMarcell-There were trees blown down near Antler Lake.
July 2015HailMarcell-The hail fell at Cedar Point Campground.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMarcell-Trees were blown down and blocking the driveway at the Lake Place Retreat Center.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMarcell-A tree was down and partially blocking Highway 38.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindMarcell-There was an 8 inch diameter, 35 foot-tall tree blown down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindMarcell-Trees were blown down at a campground south of town.
June 2011Heavy RainMarcell-Heavy rainfall of 2.84 inches was reported at a private weather station.
June 2011Flash FloodMarcell-Highway 45 was partially washed out between County Road 7 and State Highway 38.
June 2010HailMarcell-The hail fell at North Star Lake.
July 2008HailMarcell-The hail was reported at State Highway 38 and County Road 43.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindMarcell-Twenty-inch diameter trees were blown down across Highway 38.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindMarcell-Trees were blown down.
May 2023HailMarcell-no account filed
July 2023HailMarcell-no account filed
July 2023HailMarcell-no account filed
July 2023HailMarcell-no account filed
July 2023HailMarcell-no account filed
July 2023HailMarcell-no account filed
May 2022HailMarcell-no account filed
May 2022HailMarcell-no account filed
June 2019HailMarcell-no account filed
June 2017HailMarcell-no account filed
June 2007HailMarcell-no account filed
June 2007HailMarcell-no account filed
August 2003HailMarcell-no account filed
June 2003HailMarcell-no account filed
July 2002HailMarcell-no account filed
May 1998HailMarcell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Itasca 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
Alder2.3 miles10
Talmoon4.4 miles9
Bowstring6.6 miles9
Jessie Lake6.7 miles9
Suomi8.0 miles10
Spring Lake10.0 miles10
Bigfork10.6 miles10
Inger15.8 miles9

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 MarcellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6756337The 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 657317. 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.