Pitt, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1976. It stands in Wabanica Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56623. The Survey maps it on the Pitt 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.
- 1921 USGS Baudette quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Pitt quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Baudette quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
94 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Pitt between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,022 acres in total. None started naturally. 26 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 | 36 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 July 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pitt in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2013: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pitt | $50,000 | Signs were blown down and pieces of a roof torn off. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pitt | $3,000 | Many trees were blown down, one falling on a storage shed. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pitt | - | A few trees and several large tree branches were broken down by the wind. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Pitt | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graceton | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Hackett | 6.8 miles | 7 | |
| Baudette | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Wheelers Point | 8.5 miles | 7 | |
| Williams | 12.1 miles | 8 | |
| Faunce | 14.3 miles | 8 | |
| Carp | 15.4 miles | 8 | |
| Clementson | 16.0 miles | 6 |
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 Pitt | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q11009213 | 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 654883. 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.





