BlockMarch, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Vega Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56762. The Survey maps it on the Alvarado quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1918 USGS Warren quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Warren quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Alvarado quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of March between 1995 and 2020, burning about 36 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 | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names March in 6 storm reports between 2005 and 2023: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | March | - | MNDOT Station MN168 Warren reports a 79 mph gust. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | March | - | A few large trees were blown down in shelterbelts from 2 to 4 miles east of Alvarado. |
| June 2015 | Funnel Cloud | March | - | A persistent wall cloud and funnel tracked from just east of Alvarado into far northwest Polk County. No touchdown or associated damage was observed. |
| June 2010 | Hail | March | - | The hail ranged in size from 0.75 to 1.00 inch. |
| June 2010 | Hail | March | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | March | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654819. 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.