Pinetop, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the Northome unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 56660. The Survey maps it on the Mizpah NE quadrangle. It stands 1,342 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.
- 1919 USGS Gemmell quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Mizpah NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Blackduck quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
42 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Pinetop between 1992 and 2019, burning about 264 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Red Lake Agency | RL216 |
| 7 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 May 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 May 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Red Lake Agency | R244 |
| 27 May 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Red Lake Agency | R242 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pinetop in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinetop | - | A roof was blown off a pole barn. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemmell | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Mizpah | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Wildwood | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Forest Grove | 8.4 miles | 9 | |
| Northome | 9.7 miles | 11 | |
| Margie | 15.6 miles | 7 | |
| Gates Corner | 21.6 miles | 8 | |
| Sturgeon River Landing | 24.0 miles | 7 |
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 Pinetop | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14692994 | 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 657853. 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.





