BlockOld Mesaba, Minnesota
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Hoyt Lakes City. It lies in ZIP code area 55750. The Survey maps it on the Aurora quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1949 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1964 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Vermillion Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
44 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Old Mesaba between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,444 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Superior National Forest | COLBY LAKE |
| 1 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Superior National Forest | DMIR MP49.5 |
| 1 August 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Superior National Forest | DMIR MP 49.8 |
| 8 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 July 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Superior National Forest | LTV #1 |
| 9 June 2003 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 48 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 48 workings within 5 miles of Old Mesaba: 30 past producers, 11 producers, 3 plants, 2 prospects. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Nickel, Copper, Manganese, Aluminum, Silica, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, Free, Palladium, Platinum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longear | Iron, Titanium, Metal, Nickel, Copper | Unknown | Ilmenite, Magnetite, Chalcopyrite, Bornite, Cubanite, Pyrrhotite, Pentlandite, Pyrite | |
| Partridge River Prospect | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Stephens Mine | Iron, Manganese, Aluminum, Silica, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, Free | Producer | 1903 | |
| Wet Legs Deposit | PGE, Nickel, Copper | Unknown | Cubanite, Chalcopyrite, Bornite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite | |
| Wyman Creek deposit | Nickel, Copper, Palladium, Platinum | Prospect | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite | |
| Adriatic Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1906 | |
| Adriatic Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Erie I Pellet Plant | Iron | Plant | ||
| Erie Ii Pellet Plant | Iron | Plant | ||
| Erie Iii Pellet Plant | Iron | Plant |
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 Q122558169 | 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 662094. 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.