BlockOuting, Minnesota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Crooked Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56662. The Survey maps it on the Roosevelt Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Roosevelt Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Aitkin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
70 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Outing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 73 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 July 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 June 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 June 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Storms near this place
13 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Outing in 13 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Outing | 1 killed | A 51 year old male scout leader was killed when a tree fell on a tent he was in near Lake Washburn. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Outing | - | A medium sized aspen tree was blown over. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Outing | - | Many trees were blown down near Washburn Lake. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Outing | - | The roof of a boat shelter was blown off during a thunderstorm. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Outing | - | A tree fell on Minnesota Highway 6, blocking the highway. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Outing | - | Downed power lines left 300 people without electricity from Longville to Outing. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Outing | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power lines. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Outing | - | A brief waterspout touched down on Roosevelt Lake. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Outing | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Outing | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Outing | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Outing | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Outing | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 657706. 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.