BlockSalo Corner, Minnesota
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Embarrass Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55732. The Survey maps it on the Biwabik NE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1950 USGS Biwabik NE quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Biwabik NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Vermillion Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
97 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Salo Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,135 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 14 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 | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Salo Corner in 1 storm report in 2022: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salo Corner | - | Multiple trees were downed along Minnesota Highway 135 with the largest being a 14 inch spruce. |
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 Q122596978 | 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 662348. 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.
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.