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Riley, Minnesota

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1977. It stands in Hibbing City. It lies in ZIP code area 55746. The Survey maps it on the Riley quadrangle.

Riley within St. Louis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

295 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 295 fires within 5 miles of Riley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 446 acres in total. None started naturally. 159 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
Arson/incendiarism159
Debris and open burning62
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Equipment and vehicle use23
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking8
Recreation and ceremony6
Fireworks3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 August 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Louis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Riley: 6 producers, 3 past producers, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Aluminum, Manganese. 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
Niagra No.1 Reserve St-11Iron, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Aluminum, ManganeseProspect
Curtis Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Georges PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Impro Gravel Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ray Curtis Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gray Reserve St-6IronPast ProducerHematite, Magnetite
Gray Reserve St-6IronPast Producer
J & L Central ShopsIronProducer
National Steel Pellet PlantIronProducer
Niagara No.1 Reserve St-11IronPast ProducerHematite, Magnetite

Every working recorded in St. Louis 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
Hibbing4.4 miles14
Scranton4.4 miles14
Kerr4.9 miles14
Ruby Junction5.0 miles14
Brooklyn5.3 miles14
Leetonia5.4 miles14
Kelly Lake5.5 miles11
Redore5.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 662276. 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.