BlockSkibo, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Bassett Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55750. It stands on Laird Creek. The Survey maps it on the Skibo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1954 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Brimson quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Brimson NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:100000
- 1981 USGS Skibo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Skibo between 1995 and 2013, burning about 41 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Superior National Forest | STONE LAKE |
| 9 August 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Superior National Forest | DMIR MP37 |
| 9 August 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Superior National Forest | DMIR MP38 |
| 6 May 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Superior National Forest | RENO CREEK 3 |
| 6 May 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Superior National Forest | RENO CREEK 2 |
| 6 May 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Superior National Forest | RENO CREEK 1 |
| 30 May 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.5 acres | Superior National Forest | SKIBO |
| 26 May 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Superior National Forest | SKIBO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Skibo: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Metal, Iron, Nickel, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longnose | Titanium, Metal, Iron, Nickel, Copper | Unknown | Ilmenite, Magnetite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite, Cubanite, Chalcopyrite, Bornite |
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 662465. 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.