BlockRoss, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1976. It stands in Dieter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56751. The Survey maps it on the Pinecreek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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 Roseau quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pinecreek quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
47 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Ross between 1993 and 2019, burning about 1,948 acres in total. None started naturally. 20 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 | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 June 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 June 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 300 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ross in 2 storm reports between 2002 and 2006: 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Ross | $10,000 | A storm survey confirmed an intermittent 3 mile damage track. A small vehicle shelter and yard furnishings at two farmsteads was damaged and several trees were snapped off. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Ross | - | 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 650308. 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.