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.
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.
Marcell Ranger Stationlisted 1994 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1919 USGS Marcell quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Marcell quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Bigfork quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Marcell quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | SWAMP FIRE |
| 29 August 1996 | Smoking | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | BLUEBERRY |
| 21 August 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Chippewa National Forest | not named |
| 20 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | PAINT |
| 6 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | JACK |
| 26 June 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | MAC |
| 7 May 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | MATT ZIMMER ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
41 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Hail | Marcell | $5,000 | The large hail broke windows and dented a car. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Marcell | - | Flooding was reported along Minnesota Highway 38 between County Highway 28 and Forest Road 2373 near Marcell. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Marcell | - | Minnesota Highway 38 was closed between Polaris Road and North Star Road due to flooding. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marcell | - | At least 5 balsam trees were down with all falling to the northwest. Numerous conifer branches and tops were also down as well. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marcell | - | Six trees were knocked down ranging from twelve to eighteen inches in diameter. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marcell | - | More than twenty trees were downed blocking a road and driveways. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marcell | - | Multiple trees were downed. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marcell | - | Several large pine trees about 1 to 2 feet in diameter were blown down or snapped. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marcell | - | A few trees were downed by the storm. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marcell | - | Multiple trees were downed along Minnesota Route 38 near North Star Lake. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marcell | - | Several large poplar trees were down in the ditch along Minnesota Route 38 three miles south of Marcell. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marcell | - | Two tall trees were uprooted by the wind and fell onto a swing set. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marcell | - | Several trees were knocked down along Minnesota 38. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marcell | - | There were trees blown down near Antler Lake. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Marcell | - | The hail fell at Cedar Point Campground. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marcell | - | Trees were blown down and blocking the driveway at the Lake Place Retreat Center. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marcell | - | A tree was down and partially blocking Highway 38. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marcell | - | There was an 8 inch diameter, 35 foot-tall tree blown down. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marcell | - | Trees were blown down at a campground south of town. |
| June 2011 | Heavy Rain | Marcell | - | Heavy rainfall of 2.84 inches was reported at a private weather station. |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Marcell | - | Highway 45 was partially washed out between County Road 7 and State Highway 38. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Marcell | - | The hail fell at North Star Lake. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Marcell | - | The hail was reported at State Highway 38 and County Road 43. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marcell | - | Twenty-inch diameter trees were blown down across Highway 38. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marcell | - | Trees were blown down. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Marcell | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Marcell | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Marcell | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Marcell | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Marcell | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Marcell | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Marcell | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Marcell | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Marcell | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Marcell | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Marcell | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Marcell | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Marcell | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Marcell | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Marcell | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Marcell | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alder | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Talmoon | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Bowstring | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Jessie Lake | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Suomi | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| Spring Lake | 10.0 miles | 10 | |
| Bigfork | 10.6 miles | 10 | |
| Inger | 15.8 miles | 9 |
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 Marcell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6756337 | 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 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.







