BlockPinewood, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Buzzle Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56676. The Survey maps it on the Solway quadrangle.
On record in Pinewood
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
District No. 132 Schoollisted 1988
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 Solway quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Solway quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Solway quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fosston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
70 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Pinewood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 424 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 | 42 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 28 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 July 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 July 2005 | 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pinewood: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thorson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pinewood in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 5 hail, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinewood | - | A large tree was blown down. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Pinewood | - | Lots of dime to nickel sized hail fell along with very heavy rain. |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Pinewood | - | A brief touchdown was reported near the Beltrami and Clearwater county line. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Pinewood | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Pinewood | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Pinewood | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Pinewood | - | 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 649506. 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.
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.