BlockRossburg, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Spencer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56431. It stands on Rabbit Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hassman quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1914 USGS Aitkin quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Aitkin quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Hassman quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Aitkin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
121 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Rossburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,292 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 6 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 | 63 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | MINERAL RIDGE FIRE |
| 29 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Rossburg: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Limestone, General, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice River Reserve St-8 | Iron, Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Aitkin County Marl Beds No 4 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Aitkin County Marl Beds No 5 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Rice River Reserve St-8 | Iron | Past Producer | Hematite, Magnetite |
Storms near this place
3 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rossburg in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 | Rossburg | - | A medium-sized tree was down partially across Highway 47. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rossburg | - | Uprooted trees were blown over the road. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Rossburg | - | 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 654917. 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.
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.