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Norway Park, Minnesota

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1977. It stands in Bemidji Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56601. The Survey maps it on the Bemidji East quadrangle.

Norway Park within Beltrami County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

197 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Norway Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 332 acres in total. None started naturally. 33 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 burning91
Arson/incendiarism33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Recreation and ceremony14
Equipment and vehicle use13
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Smoking7
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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
5 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 August 1994Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 August 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 August 2007Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Beltrami County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Norway Park: 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Beltrami County Marl Beds No 1Limestone, GeneralOccurrence
County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Grace Lake Pit and Mill No 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Beltrami 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
Bemidji3.0 miles9
Rosby3.1 miles10
Lavinia4.7 miles11
Secluded Acres6.4 miles10
Birchmont6.9 miles11
Woodland Park7.2 miles11
Andrusia9.4 miles9
Wilton9.6 miles11

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 Q122568859The 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 2107136. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.