BlockMidway, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Runeberg Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56464. The Survey maps it on the Wolf Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Brainerd quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Wolf Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Detroit Lakes quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
45 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Midway between 1992 and 2018, burning about 7,435 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 August 2003 | Natural | 3.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 June 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Storms near this place
8 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Midway in 8 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Midway | $100,000 | A tornado tracked intermittently for about 2 miles to around one mile south of Midway by 643 pm CDT. Several poplar trees were snapped off along the path. The tornado was viewed from a point nearly 15 miles north-northwest. Peak winds were estimated to 85 mph. |
| August 2000 | Lightning | Midway | $5,000 | Lightning struck and burned down a historic log cabin, one of the oldest in Becker county. |
| May 2022 | Funnel Cloud | Midway | - | Funnel cloud viewed from 3 S Park Rapids, and reported as less than 1/4 of the way to the ground. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | - | A few four to six inch diameter tree branches were blown down. A few trees that were previously damaged blew over as well. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | - | The top half of a tree with green leaves was snapped off. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Midway | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Midway | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Midway | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf Lake | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Osage | 9.5 miles | 10 | |
| Evergreen | 10.2 miles | 10 | |
| Snellman | 11.0 miles | 10 | |
| Ponsford | 14.5 miles | 10 | |
| Pine Point | 15.0 miles | 10 | |
| Two Inlets | 18.8 miles | 9 | |
| Goldenrod | 21.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 647823. 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.