BlockRobbin, Minnesota
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Teien Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58225. The Survey maps it on the Drayton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1939 USGS Drayton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Drayton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Drayton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Cavalier quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Robbin in 2007, burning about 2 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 April 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Storms near this place
11 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Robbin in 11 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 3 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Robbin | $50,000 | Heavy rain in excess of 4 inches produced widespread field and farm access road flooding across southern Svea Township. Some township roads were impassable. |
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Robbin | $25,000 | Two to four inches of rain fell across northern Teien Township, flooding coulees, fields, and farm access roads. The soil was saturated, after 5 inches of rain fell earlier in the week. |
| June 2016 | Flash Flood | Robbin | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robbin | $1,000 | Numerous large trees were uprooted. |
| April 2023 | Flood | Robbin | - | Drayton - Crest of 40.38 ft occurred on 5/1 (Noted in May 2023 storm data). |
| May 2023 | Flood | Robbin | - | Drayton - Crest of 40.38 ft occurred on 5/1. Flooding began in April. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Robbin | - | The hail fell with very heavy rain. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robbin | - | A large tree was blown down across county road 7. |
| July 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Robbin | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Robbin | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Robbin | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mattson | 8.8 miles | 12 | |
| Donaldson | 13.0 miles | 11 | |
| Kennedy | 13.3 miles | 11 | |
| Chatham (historical) | 15.2 miles | 11 | |
| Viking Land Terrace | 17.1 miles | 11 | |
| Hallock | 17.4 miles | 11 | |
| Northcote | 20.2 miles | 13 | |
| Enok | 21.1 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 650161. 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.