BlockRoan, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Brislet Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56762. The Survey maps it on the Roan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1918 USGS Angus quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Roan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Roan between 2000 and 2020, burning about 571 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 May 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 110 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 October 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roan in 14 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roan | - | Measured gust on personal weather station. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roan | - | Wind gust of 63 MPH was reported by the Warren NDAWN. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roan | - | Peak wind measured at a personal weather station; time based on radar and additional nearby wind sensors. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roan | - | Report received via NDAWN of a 51-knot wind gust. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roan | - | The wind gust was measured by a NDSU NDAWN mesonet sensor. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roan | - | Three inch diameter tree branches were blown down. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Roan | - | A lot of hail fell, which resulted in small piles near buildings. Wind speeds were estimated at 40 mph. |
| July 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Roan | - | The funnel cloud likely formed in the comma head of the Mesoscale Convective System. It was viewed and photographed by two spotters at different angles, but was quickly wrapped in heavy rain. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roan | - | The peak wind was measured by a NDAWN mesonet site located six miles southwest of Warren, Minnesota. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roan | - | Several large 4 to 6 inch diameter tree branches were broken down in a shelterbelt. An NDAWN mesonet wind sensor nearby reported peak winds of 55 mph. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roan | - | Large tree branches were broken by the strong wind. A NDAWN mesonet site about 1 mile away recorded 56 mph winds. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Roan | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Roan | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Roan | - | 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 654909. 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.