BlockPine Knoll, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Aitkin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56431. It stands on Little Willow River. The Survey maps it on the Iron Hub quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1913 USGS Cuyuna quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1915 USGS Cuyuna quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Iron Hub quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Aitkin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
99 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Pine Knoll between 1992 and 2020, burning about 599 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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 | 59 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 July 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Pine Knoll: 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aitkin County Marl Beds No 1 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Virginia Mill | Iron | Producer | ||
| Haddeland Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Johnson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654882. 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.