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Sherwood, Minnesota

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1977. It stands in Cherry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55768. The Survey maps it on the Kirk quadrangle.

Sherwood within St. Louis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

133 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Sherwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 372 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 37 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 burning55
Arson/incendiarism37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use14
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1

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
5 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 August 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 August 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 August 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Louis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 102 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 102 workings within 5 miles of Sherwood: 83 past producers, 11 producers, 7 prospects, 1 unknown. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Manganese, Aluminum, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, Free. 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
Midway No.2 MineIron, Silica, Manganese, Aluminum, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, FreePast Producer
Wabigon & Wabigon No.2 MineIron, Manganese, Aluminum, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreePast Producer1925
Ulland Bros ShopsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Zlonis Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Forster MineIron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreeUnknown1949
Hartley-Burt MineIron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreePast Producer1910
Iron Chief MineIron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreePast Producer1942
Lenont Reserve O-35Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreeProspect
Budd Reserve H-56IronPast ProducerHematite, Magnetite
Budd Reserve H-56IronProspect

Every working recorded in St. Louis 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
Scott1.5 miles13
Lucknow3.4 miles14
Buhl3.5 miles13
Cherry3.9 miles14
Grant4.1 miles13
Kinney4.3 miles14
Wilpen4.7 miles13
Kirk4.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 662430. 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.