BlockMelrude, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1977. It stands in Ellsburg Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55724. It stands on Paleface Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cotton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Hibbing quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Cotton quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
54 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Melrude between 1992 and 2020, burning about 190 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 August 2013 | Other causes | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2015 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 25 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Melrude: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Rapids Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| St. Louis County Peat Bogs | Peat | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Melrude in 1 storm report in 2018: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Melrude | - | Two different people sent in photos of a small funnel cloud. |
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 661905. 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.
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.