Orrock, Minnesota
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Orrock Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55309. The Survey maps it on the Orrock quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Elk River quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Orrock quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Orrock quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
311 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 311 fires within 5 miles of Orrock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,231 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 63 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 | 95 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 63 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 54 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 34 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge | NO 6 |
| 4 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge | NO S 26 |
| 30 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge | TALLAKSON |
| 25 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge | PONTIAC |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
19 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orrock in 19 storm reports between 2005 and 2022: 10 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain, 1 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orrock | $50,000 | Several spotters reported large trees blown down, along with damage to an antenna in Zimmerman, Minnesota. Several of the trees blown down had diameters of 30 inches from Orrock, to Zimmerman, Minnesota. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orrock | - | Several trees were blown down south of Orrock, and a few roads were blocked. |
| March 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Orrock | - | A NWS storm survey concluded that an EF-1 tornado touched down about 5 miles west of Zimmerman and traveled northeast 8.8 miles, dissipating before reaching Highway 169. The storm also produced non-tornadic scattered tree damage due to strong inflow into the storm in a few locations, including on the east side of Highway 169, just south of Princeton. The tornado had a width of 300 yards, and maximum winds of 110 mph. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orrock | - | Severe thunderstorms knocked down power lines. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orrock | - | Several large one to two foot diameter trees were blown down. |
| September 2013 | Heavy Rain | Orrock | - | A trained observer measured 2.98 inches of rainfall in less than one hour, southeast of Orrock. |
| September 2013 | Heavy Rain | Orrock | - | A trained weather observer measured 2.33 inches of rainfall in less than one hour, east of Orrock. |
| May 2012 | Heavy Rain | Orrock | - | A local observer measured 3.56 inches in the last 24 hours. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Orrock | - | County Road 5 and 235th. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orrock | - | A large dump truck was forced off the road by high winds. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Orrock | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Orrock | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Orrock | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Orrock | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Orrock | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Orrock | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Orrock | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Orrock | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Orrock | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salida | 7.5 miles | 16 | |
| Big Lake | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Pine Ridge Court | 7.8 miles | 14 | |
| Zimmerman | 7.8 miles | 14 | |
| Santiago | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Zimmerman Terrace | 8.1 miles | 14 | |
| Big Lake Estates | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Becker | 8.2 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654861. 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.









