Mission, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1976. It stands in Mission Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56441. It stands on Little Pine River. The Survey maps it on the Trommald quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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
- 1959 USGS Trommald quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Pine River quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
82 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Mission between 1992 and 2020, burning about 253 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 July 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 June 2003 | Debris and open burning | 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
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Mission: 6 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crow Wing County Marl Beds No 14 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Crow Wing County Marl Beds No 15 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Gloria Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Hematite, Magnetite | |
| Gloria Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | 1920 | |
| Gloria Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Hunter Reserve | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Hunter Reserve X-35 | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Hematite, Magnetite | |
| Preston Reserve I-1 | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Hematite, Magnetite | |
| Preston Reserve I-1 | Iron, Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Whitmarsh Reserve H-66 | Iron, Manganese | Prospect |
Storms near this place
3 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mission in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manganese | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Wolford | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Cross Lake | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Trommald | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Armour Number Two Mine | 8.3 miles | 11 | |
| Cuyuna | 8.4 miles | 10 | |
| Ironton | 8.6 miles | 11 | |
| Crosby | 8.8 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654833. 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.





