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Pengilly, Minnesota

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Greenway Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55775. It stands on Pickerel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pengilly quadrangle. It stands 1,368 feet above sea level.

Pengilly within Itasca County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

133 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Pengilly between 1992 and 2020, burning about 681 acres in total. None started naturally. 91 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
Arson/incendiarism91
Debris and open burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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
30 September 2012Arson/incendiarism3.8 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 August 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 July 2001Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 June 2017Debris and open burning1.2 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 June 2003Debris and open burning8.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 June 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Itasca County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 103 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 103 workings within 5 miles of Pengilly: 75 past producers, 16 producers, 12 prospects. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Water, Free. 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
La Rue MineIron, Aluminum, Manganese, Silica, Water, Free, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer1903
Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 23wIron, Water, FreeProspectSurface
Hanna Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Troumbly PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Carol MineIron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreePast Producer1937
Harrison MineIron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreePast Producer1914
Patrick-Ann MineIron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreePast Producer1917
Allen Rossum Reserve H-8IronPast ProducerHematite, Magnetite
Allen Rossum Reserve H-8IronProspect
Arcturus MillIronProducer

Every working recorded in Itasca County

Storms near this place

14 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pengilly in 14 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2012Thunderstorm WindPengilly1 killedRoy Jasper Flug of Goodland MN, drowned when the boat he was fishing from on Swan Lake capsized in the high wind and waves that developed due to the thunderstorms.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPengilly-Several 8 to 10 inch diameter aspen trees were downed pointing from northwest to southeast.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPengilly-A small 5 inch diameter tree was blown down to the west.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindPengilly-There were trees down and blocking Highway 65.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindPengilly-A thunderstorm wind gust snapped a large poplar tree at its base and was blocking Highway 65 near Swan River.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindPengilly-Trees were blown down across Highway 65.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindPengilly-Widespread severe wind damage occurred, with many large trees uprooted and power lines down along Route 169.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindPengilly-Large trees were blown down.
September 2004Thunderstorm WindPengilly-Numerous trees were blown down.
July 2023HailPengilly-no account filed
June 2022HailPengilly-no account filed
June 2016HailPengilly-no account filed
April 2002HailPengilly-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindPengilly-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Itasca 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
Kevin1.1 miles11
Jurgenson1.7 miles11
Cooley1.8 miles11
Cort2.7 miles11
Nashwauk3.6 miles10
Calumet4.3 miles10
Marble5.4 miles10
Silverwood6.1 miles10

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 PengillyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q11010627The 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 649259. 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.