BlockSaint Clair Junction, Minnesota
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1977. It stands in Balkan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55746. The Survey maps it on the Buhl quadrangle.
On record in Saint Clair Junction
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Bruce Mine Headframelisted 1978 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1951 USGS Buhl quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
410 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 410 fires within 5 miles of Saint Clair Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,418 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 264 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 264 |
| Debris and open burning | 62 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 199 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 199 workings within 5 miles of Saint Clair Junction: 153 past producers, 29 producers, 16 prospects, 1 unknown. 29 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Manganese, Aluminum, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany Mine | Iron, Water, Free, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Aluminum | Past Producer | 1903 | |
| Billings Mine | Iron, Silica, Water, Free, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | 1919 | |
| Bruce Mine | Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Silica, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Prospect | 1927 | |
| Dunwoody Mine | Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, Free, Aluminum, Manganese, Silica | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| Fraser Mine | Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free, Aluminum, Manganese | Past Producer | 1928 | |
| Hibtac Pit & Mill | Granite | Producer | ||
| Niles | Aluminum, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free | Producer | 1913, 1942 | |
| South Tener Mine | Iron, Silica, Water, Free, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum | Past Producer | 1928 | |
| Whitney Pit | Iron, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1974 | |
| Sharon Mine | Iron, Manganese, Aluminum, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1902 |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122550585 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 662322. 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.