Skime, Minnesota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1976. It stands in Golden Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56761. The Survey maps it on the Skime quadrangle. It stands 1,191 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1918 USGS Pencer quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Skime quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
32 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Skime between 1992 and 2017, burning about 480 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 June 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 24 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
23 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Skime in 23 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 17 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. 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 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Skime | $10,000 | Powerlines were blown down. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Skime | $500 | Large trees were blown down. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Skime | - | Public reports half-dollar sized hail in Skime, MN. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Skime | - | Dime to quarter sized hail fell. |
| September 2018 | Hail | Skime | - | A lot of smaller sized hailstones also fell. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Skime | - | Very heavy rain was also reported. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Skime | - | A few smaller 5 to 8 inch diameter trees were blown down in a shelterbelt. |
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Skime | - | This tornado began in Marshall County about 11 miles north of Grygla at 554 PM CDT. The tornado continued into Roseau County and tracked northeastward for roughly a mile. Several large trees were knocked down or snapped along the tornado path. Peak winds were estimated at 95 mph. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Skime | - | The hail fell along the Roseau and Marshall County line. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Skime | - | Large poplar trees were blown down onto the road. |
| August 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Skime | - | This tornado tracked for at least 10 miles in the Beltrami Island State Forest (passing 2 miles south of Winner, Roseau County) before ending southwest of Norris Camp in Lake of the Woods County. Snapped and uprooted trees were noted for a path up to 100 yards wide where the track intersected available logging roads. The tornado crossed into Lake of the Woods County 12 miles east and 2 miles north of Skime. Peak winds were estimated at 85 mph. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Skime | - | The hail damaged the awnings on a home. |
| September 2018 | Hail | Skime | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Skime | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Skime | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Skime | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Skime | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Skime | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Skime | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Skime | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Skime | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Skime | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Hail | Skime | - | 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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Skime | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q29641966 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654945. 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.





