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Northcote, Minnesota

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hampden Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56728. The Survey maps it on the Hill Siding quadrangle.

Northcote within Kittson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

15 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Northcote between 1994 and 2020, burning about 116 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
10 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 June 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 May 2018Debris and open burning20 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 May 2008Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 May 2009Arson/incendiarism10 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 May 2008Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 May 2014Debris and open burning20 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kittson County

Storms near this place

17 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Northcote in 17 storm reports between 2001 and 2018: 8 hail, 4 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2014Tornado (EF2)Northcote$600,000This tornado snapped or uprooted numerous trees along its path. Several farm outbuildings, steel grain bins, and a steel pole shed were completely destroyed. One farmstead sized wooden grain elevator was completely dismantled and sections of it were thrown dozens of yards. Multiple power poles were snapped at different locations. Peak winds were estimated at 130 mph.
July 2005Tornado (F1)Northcote$50,000The tornado damaged a grain dryer, an antenna, and a satellite dish. These three items had been unaffected by the tornado that began at 1845 CST, 5 miles west of Northcote. Peak winds were estimated at 100 mph.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindNorthcote-The wind gust was measured by a NDAWN sensor. Trees were uprooted in this area and power poles were snapped. Numerous power outages were reported.
July 2017HailNorthcote-Dime to quarter sized hail fell.
September 2014HailNorthcote-Quarter to half dollar sized hail fell.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindNorthcote-Several large tree branches and tree limbs were broken down. The time was estimated.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindNorthcote-The wind gust was measured by a storm chaser from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindNorthcote-A possible microburst occurred at this location. Small trees and a flag pole were blown down and a few shingles were torn off a roof. A camper on jacks was tilted over.
July 2005Tornado (F0)Northcote-The tornado tracked mainly over open fields.
July 2005Tornado (F2)Northcote-This tornado moved east-northeast along a 4 mile curved path and damaged several grain bins, uprooted numerous trees, and demolished portions of a barn 4 miles west of Northcote. Peak winds were estimated at 130 mph.
August 2001HailNorthcote-Hail covered the ground.
August 2015HailNorthcote-no account filed
September 2014Funnel CloudNorthcote-no account filed
May 2007HailNorthcote-no account filed
May 2007HailNorthcote-no account filed
June 2002HailNorthcote-no account filed
August 2001HailNorthcote-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kittson County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Hallock5.7 miles11
Viking Land Terrace6.0 miles11
Orleans6.5 miles11
Humboldt7.2 miles13
Chatham (historical)9.9 miles11
Lancaster10.5 miles11
Mattson11.4 miles12
Saint Vincent Junction13.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 648713. 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.