Pennington, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Brook Lake unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 56663. It stands on Sucker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pennington quadrangle. It stands 1,319 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Pennington quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Cass Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Pennington quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
50 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Pennington between 1992 and 2020, burning about 278 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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 | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 July 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 acres | Chippewa National Forest | PUG HOLE |
| 4 June 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | ELONGATED CAMPFIRE |
| 30 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | THIRD RIVER |
| 3 June 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | HYDROLICS |
| 25 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | RICE LAKE |
| 2 June 2002 | Fireworks | 2.0 acres | Chippewa National Forest | BEGINNER |
| 12 June 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | STONY POINT |
| 1 June 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | CASSAWAY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pennington in 18 storm reports between 2000 and 2021: 9 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Hail | Pennington | - | Photo of 1 inch hail was sent by a trained spotter located 15 miles east of Bemidji. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Pennington | - | A report of 1 inch hail was received via webcam located at Pimushe Resort. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Pennington | - | Large hail reported east of Scenic Highway 39 and Knutson Dam Campground. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Pennington | - | Several reports of tennis ball to baseball sized hail near Pennington in southern Moose Lake and in Brook Lake Townships from 605 PM CDT to 615 PM CDT. Photos and reports relayed via social media. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pennington | - | Trees were blown down, some blocking Power Dam and Connor roads. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Pennington | - | A wall cloud and quarter sized hail were observed. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pennington | - | Four to six inch diameter branches were blown down on Star Island. Occasional dime sized hail and heavy rain occurred from 410 pm to 415 pm CDT. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pennington | - | Multiple trees were blown down along a five mile stretch of highway 39. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pennington | - | A few large trees were blown down or snapped on Star Island. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pennington | - | A few trees were blown down on the north end of Cass Lake. A nearby RWIS mesonet station reported peak winds to 60 mph. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pennington | - | Four to five trees on the west side of Lake Pimushe were snapped ten feet above ground level. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pennington | - | A tree was blown down near Moose Lake. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pennington | - | Many trees were blown down and power poles snapped along Roosevelt Road and around northern Cass Lake. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Pennington | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Pennington | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pennington | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Pennington | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Pennington | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrusia | 9.7 miles | 9 | |
| Tenstrike | 15.8 miles | 9 | |
| Turtle River | 16.1 miles | 11 | |
| Hines | 16.1 miles | 9 | |
| Blackduck | 17.6 miles | 9 | |
| Lavinia | 17.7 miles | 11 | |
| Rosby | 18.0 miles | 10 | |
| Norway Park | 19.0 miles | 10 |
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 Pennington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7163458 | 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 657774. 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.





