BlockNorway Lake, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Arctander Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56273. The Survey maps it on the Sunburg 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.
- 1953 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Sunburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Willmar quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Norway Lake between 1993 and 2013, burning about 1,339 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.4 acres | Litchfield Wetland Management District | CASEYLAKE |
| 10 June 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Litchfield Wetland Management District | RAYMOND |
| 3 May 1994 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Litchfield Wetland Management District | COKATO |
| 24 May 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Litchfield Wetland Management District | OAK |
| 2 May 2000 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 May 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 430 acres | Litchfield Wetland Management District | SWAN LAKE WF |
| 15 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Litchfield Wetland Management District | GILBERTS |
| 13 May 1994 | Debris and open burning | 43 acres | Litchfield Wetland Management District | SWANLAKE3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunburg | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Pennock | 9.6 miles | 9 | |
| New London | 10.2 miles | 8 | |
| Spicer | 10.9 miles | 10 | |
| Parkwood Estates | 10.9 miles | 10 | |
| Willmar | 12.2 miles | 10 | |
| Priam | 14.9 miles | 9 | |
| Kandiyohi | 15.0 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654852. 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.