Sawyer, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the North Carlton unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 55720. The Survey maps it on the Sawyer quadrangle.
On record in Sawyer
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.
Church of Sts. Joseph and Mary-Catholiclisted 1984 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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
- 1954 USGS Sawyer quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Barnum quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
158 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 158 fires within 5 miles of Sawyer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 348 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 33 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 | 51 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fond Du Lac Tribe | HIGBEE RD |
| 21 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 August 2013 | Smoking | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fond Du Lac Tribe | RR FIRES |
| 7 July 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 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
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sawyer: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airport Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Big Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Zacher Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sawyer in 6 storm reports between 2012 and 2018: 4 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sawyer | - | A few trees were knocked down along State Highway 210 between Cromwell and Cloquet. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sawyer | - | Campers and recreational vehicles were damaged when numerous trees were blown down at the Big Lake Shores Campground. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Sawyer | - | A wall cloud was also spotted. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Sawyer | - | Hail stripped the leaves off trees. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Sawyer | - | The hail shredded leaves on trees. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Sawyer | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Lake Chapel | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Atkinson | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Iverson | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Otter Creek | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Mahtowa | 6.7 miles | 7 | |
| Corona | 7.1 miles | 7 | |
| Cloquet | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Carlton | 11.1 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 651254. 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.




