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Scribner, Minnesota

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Eckles Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56601. The Survey maps it on the Wilton quadrangle.

Scribner within Beltrami County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

194 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 194 fires within 5 miles of Scribner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 495 acres in total. None started naturally. 35 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 burning101
Arson/incendiarism35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use16
Recreation and ceremony8
Fireworks4
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
29 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 August 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 August 2005Debris and open burning28 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 August 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 August 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Beltrami County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Scribner: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Miller Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Opsahl Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Snyker MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Beltrami County

Storms near this place

7 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scribner in 7 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 lightning. 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 2016LightningScribner$20,000A lightning strike set a barn on fire.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindScribner-Emergency Manager reports mature tree damage and downed power lines in the area.
June 2024HailScribner-Half-dollar sized hail NW of Bemidji.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindScribner-Numerous trees were blown down.
August 2011HailScribner-Lots of quarter sized hail fell along highway 89.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindScribner-A large tree was blown down near the intersection of Jack Pine Road and highway 9.
July 2010HailScribner-The hail fell near the intersection of Jack Pine Road and highway 9.

Every storm recorded in Beltrami 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
Wilton2.2 miles11
Solway6.3 miles11
Secluded Acres6.7 miles10
Werner7.4 miles10
Pinewood7.5 miles11
Birchmont8.1 miles11
Bemidji8.2 miles9
Woodland Park9.1 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654934. 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.