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Schley, Minnesota

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the North Cass unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 56633. The Survey maps it on the Sucker Lakes quadrangle.

Schley within Cass County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

31 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Schley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 75 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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/incendiarism7
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Debris and open burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
16 August 2003Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresChippewa National ForestTEN LAKE
15 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChippewa National ForestSCHLEY
30 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChippewa National ForestTHIRD RIVER
18 June 1995Smokingunder an acreChippewa National ForestNORWAY
11 June 2006Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresChippewa National ForestSCHLEY
11 June 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreChippewa National ForestCRAPPIE
10 June 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChippewa National ForestHIGHWAY 10
1 June 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreChippewa National ForestCASSAWAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cass County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Schley: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
St Paul MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cass County

Storms near this place

4 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Schley in 4 storm reports between 2017 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2017Thunderstorm WindSchley-A boat dock was blown over on the northern side of Leech Lake in Sucker Bay.
August 2017Tornado (EF0)Schley-Multiple reports of photos and video received showing waterspouts on Lake Winnibigoshish. Eye witnesses reported three different waterspouts on the lake with two occurring at the same time.
July 2021HailSchley-no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindSchley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cass 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
Bald Eagle Center2.2 miles9
Cuba (historical)5.5 miles9
Ryan Village6.8 miles9
Cass Lake10.0 miles9
Bena11.2 miles9
Federal Dam13.8 miles9
Wilkinson13.9 miles8
Baker17.9 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 658177. 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.