BlockShooks, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1976. It stands in Shooks Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56661. The Survey maps it on the Funkley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1919 USGS Bridgie quadrangle1:62500
- 1924 USGS Bridgie quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Funkley quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Blackduck quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Shooks between 1992 and 2018, burning about 52 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 June 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shooks in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shooks | $20,000 | Very strong winds were observed along with wind driven hail. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Shooks | - | Several reports of 1 to 2 inch hail across the area, as well as pea sized hail earlier. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shooks | - | Dozens of trees were blown down across highway 72 in several locations between Kelliher and Blackduck. Powerlines were also knocked down. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shooks | - | The wind gust was measured by a RWIS station. |
| September 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Shooks | - | A couple of brief funnel clouds were reported over southern Cormant Township, or east of the Lower Red Lake. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shooks | - | The wind gust was measured by a MNDOT RWIS mesonet sensor. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Shooks | - | The rain was so heavy the observer had to pull off to the side of the road. Only a few large hailstones fell. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Shooks | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Shooks | - | no account filed |
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 658248. 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.