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Page, Minnesota

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Page Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56353. The Survey maps it on the Page quadrangle.

Page within Mille Lacs County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

86 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Page between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,269 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 17 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 burning47
Arson/incendiarism17
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
15 July 2007Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 June 2007Naturalunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 May 2020Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 May 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 May 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 May 2013Debris and open burning1.7 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 May 1997Arson/incendiarism50 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mille Lacs County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Page: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Mille Lacs Aggr. & Concrete PlSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Mille Lacs County

Storms near this place

16 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Page in 16 storm reports between 1996 and 2019: 9 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2019Tornado (EF0)Page$15,000A NWS storm survey indicated that an EF-0 tornado touched down along 300th Street, where trees were damaged near a farm and a barn was pushed over. The worst damage occurred at at home along 290th Street where a detached garage was pushed off its foundation. Maximum winds were estimated at 80 mph.
May 2012HailPage$250The large hail stone damaged the storm spotter truck windsheld.
July 2018Heavy RainPage-A measured rainfall report of 3.43 inches fell north of Page in 12 hours.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindPage-A large pine tree was blown down north of Page.
July 2016Heavy RainPage-A measured rainfall report of 4.28 inches occurred north of Page.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindPage-Several large spruce trees and an energy power pole were blown down.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindPage-Several trees, up to 12 inches in diameter, were blown down just west of Highway 169.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindPage-A Minnesota Department of Transportation road weather station measured a wind gust of 56 knots, 8 miles north of Milaca, Minnesota.
September 2014HailPage-no account filed
September 2014HailPage-no account filed
July 2014HailPage-no account filed
July 2011HailPage-no account filed
June 2009HailPage-no account filed
July 2001HailPage-no account filed
July 1999HailPage-no account filed
June 1996HailPage-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mille Lacs 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
Bock9.1 miles11
Milaca9.1 miles10
Foreston10.8 miles11
Johnsdale12.0 miles7
Onamia12.6 miles7
Pease13.1 miles11
Woodward Brook15.2 miles10
Cove15.4 miles6

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 649113. 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.

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.