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Red Rock, Minnesota

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Grand Portage unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 55605. It stands on Hollow Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Grand Portage quadrangle.

Red Rock within Cook County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

45 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Red Rock between 1995 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 burning10
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking6
Arson/incendiarism5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks2
Natural1
Other causes1

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
3 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGrand Portage TribeICEHOUSE
23 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGrand Portage TribeBREAKFAST
5 August 2010Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresGrand Portage TribeRED PINE
4 August 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGrand Portage National MonumentPORTAGE
2 August 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGrand Portage TribeBOGS
2 August 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresGrand Portage TribeSAWMILL
10 August 2020Other causes1.0 acresGrand Portage Tribe68 TOWNSITE
5 July 2009Fireworks1.0 acresGrand Portage TribeMINNOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cook County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Red Rock: 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Graphite, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Green Prospect PitCopperOccurrencePentlandite, Pyrrhotite, Chalcopyrite
Graphite Pit No 2GraphiteOccurrence
Graphite Pit No. 2GraphiteUnknownGraphite

Every working recorded in Cook 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
Grand Portage4.1 miles10
Pigeon River6.4 miles9
Hovland13.6 miles11
Covill24.0 miles10
Croftville30.4 miles9
Maple Hill31.0 miles9
Chippewa City31.9 miles9
Grand Marais33.7 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654899. 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.