BlockMartin Lake, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Linwood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55079. The Survey maps it on the Typo Lake quadrangle.
On record in Martin Lake
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.
Crescent Grange Hall No. 512listed 1979 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 12 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.
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Isanti quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Typo Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
127 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Martin Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,830 acres in total. None started naturally. 18 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 | 62 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 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 Martin Lake: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Peat. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anoka County Peat Bogs | Peat | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linwood | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Mort | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Coon Lake Beach | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| East Bethel | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Coopers Corner | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Columbus | 8.3 miles | 14 | |
| Lake Netta | 8.7 miles | 13 | |
| Bethel | 9.3 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 647575. 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.