BlockMinnewawa, Minnesota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Shamrock Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55760. The Survey maps it on the Minnewawa quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Minnewawa quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Aitkin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
109 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Minnewawa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,363 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 June 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 June 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Minnewawa in 16 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 5 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minnewawa | - | Trees were down on power lines in the area. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minnewawa | - | A large tree was blown over onto a camper at the Eagle Point Campground on Big Sandy Lake. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minnewawa | - | Numerous trees were down in the vicinity of Minnesota 65 and 450th Street north of McGregor. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minnewawa | - | A tree was knocked down during the storm. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minnewawa | - | Multiple trees were downed impacting powerlines and roads. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minnewawa | - | Many trees were downed, boat docks were damaged and power lines were downed by the wind near Big Sandy Lake. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Minnewawa | - | The hail shower was reported as intense. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minnewawa | - | Trees were blown down along Highway 65 from Libby to McGregor. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minnewawa | - | Several pine trees were knocked down by the storm. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minnewawa | - | There were multiple trees and power lines blown down near Big Sandy Lake Reservoir and Lake Minnewawa. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minnewawa | - | A twelve-inch diameter tree was blown down. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minnewawa | - | Power lines were blown down near Big Sandy Lake. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Minnewawa | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Minnewawa | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Minnewawa | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Minnewawa | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 647960. 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.