Simar, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Solway Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55720. The Survey maps it on the Adolph quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Adolph quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
317 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 317 fires within 5 miles of Simar between 1992 and 2020, burning about 306 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 125 |
| Debris and open burning | 94 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Simar: 4 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La France Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Maple Grove Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Munger Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Schubitzke Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Simar in 2 storm reports between 2022 and 2026: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Hail | Simar | - | Hail was mostly pea size but a few stones one inch to one and a quarter inches were found about 45 minutes after the storm passed. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Simar | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Munger | 0.8 miles | 9 | |
| Five Corners | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Adolph | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Four Corners | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Twig Station | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Hermantown | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Twig | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Harnell Park | 5.8 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 662453. 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.



