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Saint Mathias, Minnesota

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1986. It stands in St. Mathias Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56449. It stands on Hay Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fort Ripley quadrangle.

Saint Mathias within Crow Wing County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

120 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Saint Mathias between 1992 and 2020, burning about 375 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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 burning56
Equipment and vehicle use21
Arson/incendiarism16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2003Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crow Wing County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Saint Mathias: 2 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Limestone, General, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Crow Wing County Marl Beds No 21Limestone, GeneralOccurrence
Holtz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Willcuts Reserve H-47Iron, ManganeseProspect
Willcuts Reserve H-47Iron, ManganesePast ProducerHematite, Magnetite
N W I Reserve X-51IronProspect
N.W.I. Reserve X-51IronPast ProducerHematite, Magnetite

Every working recorded in Crow Wing County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Crow Wing4.5 miles18
Lennox5.1 miles13
Barrows5.4 miles18
Fort Ripley7.0 miles13
Shephard7.8 miles12
Baxter8.5 miles18
Meadow View Manor9.4 miles15
Brainerd9.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654929. 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.