Oxlip, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Bradford Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55040. The Survey maps it on the Wyanett quadrangle. It stands 958 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Dalbo quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Wyanett quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mora quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mora quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
178 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Oxlip between 1992 and 2020, burning about 605 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 11 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 | 97 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 July 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 July 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oxlip in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oxlip | $5,000 | A few power lines were blown down due to severe straight-line winds. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oxlip | - | A photo showed a 10 inch diameter pine tree that was snapped. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oxlip | - | Several dozen trees were blown down or uprooted on the northwest side of Long Lake and northeast of Lake Francis. |
| July 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Oxlip | - | A funnel was caught on video close to the ground near Marget Lake, but it could not be determined whether it touched down. |
| May 2012 | Heavy Rain | Oxlip | - | A local observer measured 5.50 inches in the last 24 hours. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Oxlip | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Oxlip | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Oxlip | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| West Lake Francis Shores | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Spencer Brook | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| East Lake Francis Shores | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| West Point | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Crown | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Pine Brook | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Wyanett | 6.8 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Oxlip | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7115695 | 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 654867. 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.








