BlockNebish, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1976. It stands in Nebish Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56667. The Survey maps it on the Nebish quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Nebish quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Blackduck quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
100 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Nebish between 1992 and 2019, burning about 833 acres in total. None started naturally. 44 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 | 44 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Red Lake Agency | RL 323 |
| 5 August 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Red Lake Agency | RL487 |
| 2 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Red Lake Agency | RL316 |
| 29 June 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 June 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nebish in 7 storm reports between 2002 and 2021: 5 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Nebish | $100,000 | This tornado was likely wrapped in downburst winds, heavy rain, and large ail. The tornado crossed several County and Township roads as it tracked to the southeast, with numerous poplar and oak trees snapped along it's path. It appears to have crossed portions of Dark Lake, Whitefish Lake, and Sandy Lake in Nebish and Hagali Townships, before dissipating. near the western edge of Gull Lake, about 4 WNW of Tenstrike. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nebish | - | A swath of trees and power poles were snapped between Redby and Puposky, causing widespread power outages. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Nebish | - | Large hail and torrential rain was followed by damaging winds. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Nebish | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Nebish | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Nebish | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Nebish | - | 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.
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 Q122546869 | 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 657571. 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.