BlockProsit, Minnesota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Alborn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55702. The Survey maps it on the Alborn quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Alborn quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
52 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Prosit between 1992 and 2020, burning about 207 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 September 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 July 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 June 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 June 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 June 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prosit in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2022: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prosit | - | Large trees were downed in the area. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prosit | - | A larger than 10 diameter popple tree fell with power lines wrapped in it along the west side Aerie Lake. There were many 8 to 10 diameter popple trees down along Highway 47. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Prosit | - | 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 662234. 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.