BlockMartin Landing, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Stony River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55731. It stands on Jack Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sawbill Landing quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1954 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Isabella quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Sawbill Landing quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Ely quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Martin Landing between 1997 and 2020, burning about 3 acres in total. 7 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Superior National Forest | SYLVANIA LAKE |
| 7 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Superior National Forest | SMALL LAKE |
| 7 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Superior National Forest | POMPOUS LAKE |
| 5 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Superior National Forest | TOMAHAWK FIRE |
| 12 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Superior National Forest | PLUM LAKE |
| 25 July 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Superior National Forest | WILSON LAKE FIRE |
| 20 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Superior National Forest | TOMAHAWK |
| 18 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Superior National Forest | ISABELLA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheeler Landing | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Sawbill Landing | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Forest Center | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Kelly Landing | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Isabella | 9.2 miles | 12 | |
| Manitou Junction | 12.4 miles | 12 | |
| Baptism Crossing | 15.0 miles | 12 | |
| Murphy City | 16.3 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122555919 | 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 657332. 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.