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Oreland, Minnesota

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Deerwood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56444. The Survey maps it on the Crosby quadrangle.

Oreland within Crow Wing County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

165 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Oreland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 322 acres in total. None started naturally. 27 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 burning73
Arson/incendiarism27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use21
Recreation and ceremony10
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
19 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 August 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 July 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crow Wing County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 70 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 70 workings within 5 miles of Oreland: 62 past producers, 5 prospects, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Portage Lake Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Range Redi Mix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Adams MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Alstead MineIron, ManganesePast ProducerHematite, Magnetite
Alstead-North Hillcrest MineManganesePast Producer1955
Armour No.2 MineIron, ManganesePast Producer1912
Armour Number 1 MineManganesePast Producer1955
Armour Number 2 MineManganesePast Producer1955
Bonnie Bell MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Clearwater Lake ReserveIron, ManganeseProspect

Every working recorded in Crow Wing 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
Deerwood1.9 miles11
Crosby Beach2.2 miles11
Klondyke2.6 miles11
Crosby3.0 miles11
Armour Number Two Mine3.5 miles11
Ironton3.6 miles11
Bay Lake3.7 miles11
Cuyuna4.6 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654859. 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.