BlockPhilbin, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Blackberry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55744. The Survey maps it on the Warba quadrangle.
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 Hibbing quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Warba quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Pokegama Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
112 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Philbin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 310 acres in total. 2 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 | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 July 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 2020 | Other causes | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 1994 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Philbin: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Itasca County Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackberry | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Marrier Estates | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Warba | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Gunn | 8.1 miles | 9 | |
| La Prairie | 9.1 miles | 9 | |
| Swan River | 9.3 miles | 8 | |
| Coleraine | 10.0 miles | 12 | |
| Bovey | 10.2 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.
| Wikidata item Q122546075 | 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 657800. 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.