BlockOslund, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Sand Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56680. The Survey maps it on the Dora Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1919 USGS Max quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Dora Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Blackduck quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Dora Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
18 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Oslund between 1997 and 2020, burning about 49 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Chippewa National Forest | LOST |
| 24 June 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Chippewa National Forest | JESSICA |
| 7 May 2013 | Smoking | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | SPRING LAKE |
| 3 May 1998 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Chippewa National Forest | LAKE HELEN |
| 29 May 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | NOMA CAMP |
| 25 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | MAX |
| 24 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Chippewa National Forest | COUNTY ROAD 4 |
| 23 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | HAY BALE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Squaw Lake | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Dora Lake | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Wirt | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Inger | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Spring Lake | 8.8 miles | 10 | |
| Dunbar | 10.1 miles | 12 | |
| Pomroy | 11.4 miles | 11 |
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 Q122543881 | 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 657691. 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.