BlockRush Point, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Nessel Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55080. The Survey maps it on the Rush Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 12 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.
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Rush Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mora quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mora quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
69 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Rush Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 234 acres in total. 1 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 | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 June 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stark | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Rush City | 7.6 miles | 16 | |
| Harris | 8.5 miles | 16 | |
| North Branch | 12.1 miles | 16 | |
| Oakwood Court | 12.5 miles | 16 | |
| Branch | 14.1 miles | 13 | |
| Sunrise | 15.3 miles | 17 | |
| Kost | 17.0 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 650414. 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.