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Shoreham, Minnesota

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lake View Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56501. The Survey maps it on the Audubon quadrangle.

Shoreham within Becker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

146 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Shoreham between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,499 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 34 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 burning59
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Arson/incendiarism34
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Natural1
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 2003Debris and open burning4.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 August 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 August 2003Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresDetroit Lakes Wetland Management DistrictBALKE LAKE
25 August 2003Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 August 1995Naturalunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 July 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Becker County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Shoreham: 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Becker County Clay DepositClayOccurrence
Chadbourne Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Long Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Nester Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Becker County

Storms near this place

10 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shoreham in 10 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2017Thunderstorm WindShoreham$350,000Numerous large trees were snapped or uprooted around Lake Sallie, Lake Melissa, and the greater Detroit Lakes area. Roads were blocked by fallen trees and power lines were blown down.
July 2024HailShoreham-One inch hail on the south side of Big Detroit Lake.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindShoreham-Peak wind of 58 mph measured at a personal weather station.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindShoreham-A peak wind of 58 mph was measured at a personal weather station.
July 2018Funnel CloudShoreham-Multiple funnel cloud reports were received from the Lake Melissa area.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindShoreham-Numerous large trees and tree limbs were blown down near the WE Fest campgrounds. Some tent and trailer damage occurred and the concert bowl was evacuated in advance of the storm.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindShoreham-Many large trees were blown down near Lake Sallie.
May 2004Tornado (F1)Shoreham-Several large trees were blown down.
July 2001HailShoreham-no account filed
July 2000HailShoreham-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Becker 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
Bucks Mill2.5 miles16
Lake Eunice3.8 miles16
Detroit Lakes5.0 miles10
Richards5.5 miles11
Audubon8.5 miles11
Cormorant9.0 miles11
Frazee10.7 miles12
Town Lake Estates10.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 651995. 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.