BlockNett Lake, Minnesota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Nett Lake unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 55771. The Survey maps it on the Nett Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 International Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS International Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS International Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Nett Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Littlefork quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
44 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Nett Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 46 acres in total. 5 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 | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Bois Forte Tribe | ST.MARYS |
| 6 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Bois Forte Tribe | HORSE SHOE |
| 5 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Bois Forte Tribe | MILL YARD |
| 5 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Bois Forte Tribe | BIG TIMBER |
| 5 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Bois Forte Tribe | PANARAMA FIRE |
| 6 August 2002 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Bois Forte Tribe | RIDGE |
| 5 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Agency | not named |
| 3 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Bois Forte Tribe | WAYSIDE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nett Lake in 6 storm reports between 1994 and 2017: 5 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1994 | Hail | Nett Lake | - | Severe thunderstorm produced dime-size hail at Nett Lake. |
| September 2017 | Hail | Nett Lake | - | no account filed |
| September 2017 | Hail | Nett Lake | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Nett Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Nett Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nett Lake | - | 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 662039. 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.