BlockPinecreek, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1976. It stands in Dieter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56751. The Survey maps it on the Pinecreek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1918 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pinecreek quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Pinecreek between 1993 and 2015, burning about 2,150 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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/incendiarism | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 May 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 93 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 300 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 May 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 May 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 150 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 May 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | BEAR FIRE |
| 28 April 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pinecreek in 6 storm reports between 1999 and 2020: 4 hail, 2 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinecreek | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinecreek | - | The strong winds blew down some four inch diameter tree branches and stripped plant foliage in the area. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Pinecreek | - | Dime to nickel sized hail was reported. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Pinecreek | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Pinecreek | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Pinecreek | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 649501. 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.