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Pineville, Minnesota

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in White Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55705. It lies near Bradley Island. The Survey maps it on the Biwabik quadrangle.

Pineville within St. Louis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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.

Fires near this place

100 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Pineville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 286 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 14 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 burning28
Railroad operations and maintenance19
Arson/incendiarism14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use11
Recreation and ceremony10
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 July 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 July 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use3.5 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Louis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 84 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 84 workings within 5 miles of Pineville: 67 past producers, 10 prospects, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free, Water, Free, Silica, Manganese, Aluminum, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bangor MineIron, Silica, Manganese, Aluminum, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, FreeProducer1910
Stephens MineIron, Manganese, Aluminum, Silica, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, FreeProducer1903
Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 15wIron, Water, FreeProspect
Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 16wIron, Water, FreeProspectSurface
U.S. Steel Reserve O-40Iron, Silica, Manganese, Aluminum, Water, Free, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Welton MineIron, Silica, Manganese, Aluminum, Water, Free, Phosphorus-PhosphatesProspect
Donora MineIron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreeProspect
Embarrass MineIron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreePast Producer1909
Meadow Reserve O-29Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreeProspect
U.S. Steel Reserve 0-42Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreePast Producer1956

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Biwabik2.5 miles14
Aurora3.0 miles14
Belgrade4.3 miles14
McKinley6.4 miles13
Colby6.6 miles14
Elcor8.1 miles13
Hoyt Lakes8.3 miles14
Palo8.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 662204. 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.