Peyla, Minnesota

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Vermilion Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55790. It stands on Pike River. The Survey maps it on the Tower quadrangle.

Peyla within St. Louis 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.

1954 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Tower quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
1994 USGS Vermillion Lake quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

73 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Peyla between 1992 and 2019, burning about 38 acres in total. 3 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	32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14
Power generation/transmission/distribution	7
Arson/incendiarism	6
Recreation and ceremony	6
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Natural	3
Smoking	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 2011	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
6 September 2006	Natural	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
6 September 1998	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
26 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
24 September 1992	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
19 September 2016	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
11 September 1998	Natural	under an acre	Superior National Forest	LEHTINEN CREEK
1 September 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Louis 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 Peyla: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	North American Mine	Gold	Unknown	Gold

Every working recorded in St. Louis 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Tower	4.9 miles	11
Wahlsten	5.4 miles	13
Tower Junction	5.8 miles	11
Soudan	7.0 miles	12
Salo Corner	9.7 miles	13
Murray	9.9 miles	12
Embarrass	12.3 miles	12
Forsman	12.6 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 662166. 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.