BlockMorrill, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Morrill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56329. The Survey maps it on the Ramey quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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 Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Ramey quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mora quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mora quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
281 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 281 fires within 5 miles of Morrill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,900 acres in total. None started naturally. 167 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 167 |
| Debris and open burning | 77 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morrill in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2009: 5 hail, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrill | - | A trained spotter reported a dozen trees blown down near Morrill, Minnesota due to severe thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrill | - | Few trees and power lines down. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Morrill | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Morrill | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Morrill | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Morrill | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | Morrill | - | 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 648115. 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.