BlockMax, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Max Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56659. The Survey maps it on the Max quadrangle. It stands 1,371 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 Max quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Max quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Blackduck quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Max quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
29 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Max between 1992 and 2020, burning about 26 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | DIXON |
| 24 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Chippewa National Forest | LOST |
| 7 May 2013 | Smoking | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | SPRING LAKE |
| 7 May 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | DUMP |
| 30 May 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | SECOND TIME |
| 25 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | MAX |
| 24 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Chippewa National Forest | COUNTY ROAD 4 |
| 23 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | HAY BALE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Max in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Max | - | Photos were received showing an uprooted red pine tree along with a with pine that was broken about halfway up. The trees were estimated to be about 80 feet tall. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Max | - | Multiple trees were cleared by MnDOT along Highway 36 that had been downed by the storm. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Max | - | Photos and video were received showing a large area of pine trees, estimated to be around 5 plus acres, that had been broken and laid flat by the storm. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Max | - | A 14 to 16 inch diameter tree was blown down. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Max | - | Numerous 15 to 20 inch diameter trees were blown down along County Highway 4. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Max | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Max | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Max | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oslund | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Squaw Lake | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Inger | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Dora Lake | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Dunbar | 8.8 miles | 12 | |
| Wirt | 9.8 miles | 10 | |
| Spring Lake | 10.8 miles | 10 | |
| Rosy | 13.0 miles | 11 |
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 Max | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14692839 | 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 657341. 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.