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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1958 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Grand Portage quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Grand Portage quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Grand Portage quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
45 since 1995Regional 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 burning | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Portage Tribe | ICEHOUSE |
| 23 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Portage Tribe | BREAKFAST |
| 5 August 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Grand Portage Tribe | RED PINE |
| 4 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Portage National Monument | PORTAGE |
| 2 August 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Portage Tribe | BOGS |
| 2 August 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Grand Portage Tribe | SAWMILL |
| 10 August 2020 | Other causes | 1.0 acres | Grand Portage Tribe | 68 TOWNSITE |
| 5 July 2009 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Grand Portage Tribe | MINNOW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Prospect Pit | Copper | Occurrence | Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite, Chalcopyrite | |
| Graphite Pit No 2 | Graphite | Occurrence | ||
| Graphite Pit No. 2 | Graphite | Unknown | Graphite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Portage | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Pigeon River | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Hovland | 13.6 miles | 11 | |
| Covill | 24.0 miles | 10 | |
| Croftville | 30.4 miles | 9 | |
| Maple Hill | 31.0 miles | 9 | |
| Chippewa City | 31.9 miles | 9 | |
| Grand Marais | 33.7 miles | 9 |
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.






