Missabe Junction, Minnesota
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Duluth City. It lies in ZIP code area 55806. It stands on Miller Creek. The Survey maps it on the Duluth Heights quadrangle.
On record in Missabe Junction
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Lincoln Branch Librarylisted 2013 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1895 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Duluth Heights quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
92 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Missabe Junction between 1994 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2017 | Fireworks | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 July 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 July 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 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
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Missabe Junction: 3 producers, 2 plants. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mailing Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Arrowhead Blacktop Co | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Smith Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Superior Grinding Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Superior Lime Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duluth | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Oneota | 2.2 miles | 20 | |
| Duluth Heights | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| West Duluth | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Bayview | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Zenith Terrace | 4.6 miles | 20 | |
| Saint Paul Church | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Proctor | 5.2 miles | 20 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122551833 | 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 661933. 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.





