Schroeder, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1977. It stands in Schroeder Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55613. It stands on Cross River. The Survey maps it on the Schroeder quadrangle. It stands 640 feet above sea level.
On record in Schroeder
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 1 record
Schroeder Lumber Company Bunkhouselisted 1986
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Schroeder quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Tofte quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Grand Marais quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Schroeder between 1995 and 2018, burning about 7 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Superior National Forest | BLUEFIN PILE |
| 15 June 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Superior National Forest | 7810 |
| 1 June 2002 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Superior National Forest | CROSS RIVER FIRE |
| 9 May 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Superior National Forest | TEMPERENCE RIVER |
| 23 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Superior National Forest | SPRINGDALE |
| 19 May 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Superior National Forest | MILE MARKER 40 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Schroeder in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2018: 1 hail, 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taconite Harbor (historical) | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Tofte | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Lutsen | 13.5 miles | 11 | |
| Grand Marais | 32.8 miles | 9 | |
| Chippewa City | 34.6 miles | 9 | |
| Maple Hill | 36.0 miles | 9 | |
| Croftville | 36.0 miles | 9 | |
| Covill | 42.4 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Schroeder | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7432892 | 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 658185. 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.






