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Pontoria, Minnesota

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1976. It stands in Ponto Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56435. The Survey maps it on the Lake Ada quadrangle.

Pontoria within Cass County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

86 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Pontoria between 1992 and 2020, burning about 297 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 9 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 burning41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2003Debris and open burning75 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 August 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 July 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cass County

Storms near this place

9 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pontoria in 9 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 3 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2016LightningPontoria3 hurtThree fishermen were injured when struck by lightning while on Baby Lake in rural Hackensack. The father and two sons had been fishing from a boat. The father, a 48 year-old, took a direct hit of lightning and was in serious condition with significant burns on his body. His two sons were treated at a local hospital and released.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindPontoria-A tree and several large branches were down at the spotter's location.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindPontoria-Several trees 10 to 12 inches in diameter were snapped or blown down during the storm.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindPontoria-Multiple trees were reported downed by the storm.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindPontoria-Multiple trees were downed by the storm.
June 2019HailPontoria-Hail lasting between 5 and 10 minutes stripped the leaves off of trees along Nature Center Drive.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindPontoria-A pole shed roof was lifted by the thunderstorm winds and carried approximately 50 yards.
May 2016HailPontoria-no account filed
June 2011HailPontoria-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cass 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
Chickamaw Beach8.7 miles10
Wabedo8.8 miles10
Backus10.0 miles9
Mildred10.1 miles9
Pine River10.6 miles10
Longville10.8 miles10
Hackensack10.8 miles10
Whipholt12.9 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 657896. 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.