BlockRanum, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Bear Park Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56516. The Survey maps it on the Ranum quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1952 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Ranum quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Ada quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Ranum between 1999 and 2006, burning about 55 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 April 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Glacial Ridge | GLACIAL RIDGE 2 |
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 Ranum: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cecil Black Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ranum in 20 storm reports between 1998 and 2018: 11 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. 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 2008 | Hail | Ranum | $20,000 | Penny sized hail covered the deck and did a lot of damage to the local crops. Wind gusts reached up to fifty miles per hour. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ranum | $500 | Large trees were blown down. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ranum | - | Siding was ripped off a church and many large tree branches were blown down. |
| June 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | Ranum | - | A large tree was snapped and fell to the north, while a nearby power pole was snapped and fell to the east. No field scarring was noted. Peak winds were estimated at 105 mph. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ranum | - | Two box elder trees were blown down, one of the trees was two feet in diameter. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ranum | - | A small pine tree was blown down. |
| June 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Ranum | - | A funnel cloud was spotted in the far northeast portion of Norman County. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ranum | - | A 10 inch diameter tree was snapped off and other large tree branches were blown down by the strong wind. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Ranum | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Ranum | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Ranum | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ranum | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ranum | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Ranum | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Ranum | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Ranum | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Ranum | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Ranum | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Ranum | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Ranum | - | 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 654897. 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.