Saginaw, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Industrial Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55779. The Survey maps it on the Saginaw quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Saginaw quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
194 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 194 fires within 5 miles of Saginaw between 1992 and 2020, burning about 201 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 65 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2005 | Natural | 1.7 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Saginaw: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrowhead Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dobbis Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Saginaw in 19 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 12 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saginaw | - | A large pine tree was uprooted. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saginaw | - | A few trees estimated to be 14 to 16 inches around and 5 to 6 inches in diameter were snapped. |
| September 2021 | Hail | Saginaw | - | The large hail punched holes in canvas tents, dented multiple vehicles and completely stripped the leaves off of trees. |
| June 2012 | Flash Flood | Saginaw | - | The White Pine River flooded onto Highway 33, with three feet of water covering the roadway. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saginaw | - | Numerous large trees were uprooted on the south side of Grand Lake. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Saginaw | - | The hail fell at Caribou Lake. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Saginaw | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | Saginaw | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | Saginaw | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Saginaw | - | no account filed |
| September 2021 | Hail | Saginaw | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Saginaw | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Saginaw | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Saginaw | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saginaw | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Saginaw | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saginaw | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Saginaw | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saginaw | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Lake | 1.4 miles | 8 | |
| Harnell Park | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Twig | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Burnett | 5.1 miles | 7 | |
| Twig Station | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Simar | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Bartlett | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Munger | 6.7 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 662318. 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.



