BlockShovel Lake, Minnesota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Northwest Aitkin unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 55785. The Survey maps it on the Shovel Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Shovel Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Aitkin quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Shovel Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
38 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Shovel Lake between 1994 and 2020, burning about 329 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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 | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 May 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Mille Lacs Tribe | FIVE FIFETEEN |
| 22 May 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shovel Lake in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shovel Lake | - | A large tree was down along State Highway 200 approximately 6 miles west of Hill City. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shovel Lake | - | A 12 inch diameter tree was uprooted. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shovel Lake | - | A tree was down on Highway 200 near mile marker 172. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Shovel Lake | - | Winds were estimated at 45 mph. |
| August 2013 | Tornado (EF1) | Shovel Lake | - | This was the continuation of EF-1 tornado that passed from Cass County into Aitkin County, crossing the county border about a mile southwest of Cranberry Lake in the northwestern corner of Aitkin County. The damage path was through a rural, forested area doing damage mostly to trees. The damage decreased to EF-0 south of Holy Water Lake. The damage path continued southeast to about 5 miles west-southwest of Hill City, MN. |
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 658253. 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.