BlockSax, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1977. It stands in McDavitt Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55738. The Survey maps it on the Kelsey quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1954 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Kelsey quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
53 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Sax between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,692 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 July 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 July 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.1 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 June 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 June 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 June 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 662374. 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.