BlockMcNair, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Lake No. 2 unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 55616. The Survey maps it on the Kane Lake quadrangle. It stands 1,670 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.
- 1953 USGS Whyte quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:100000
- 1981 USGS Kane Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of McNair between 1993 and 2020, burning about 8 acres in total. 3 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 | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2006 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Superior National Forest | not named |
| 24 July 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Superior National Forest | not named |
| 9 June 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 May 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 May 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Superior National Forest | not named |
| 17 May 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 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 McNair: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toivonen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darby Junction | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Norshor Junction | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Jordan | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Scott Junction | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Wales | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Toimi | 7.5 miles | 11 | |
| Highland | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Lauren | 9.4 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 McNair | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6802439 | 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 657367. 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.