Smithville, Minnesota
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Duluth City. It lies in ZIP code area 55808. It stands on Stewart Creek. The Survey maps it on the West Duluth quadrangle.
On record in Smithville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Bridge No. L6007listed 1989 · 0.6 miles away- United Protestant Churchlisted 2024 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1915 USGS Superior quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Superior quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Superior quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Superior quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS West Duluth quadrangle1:24000, 9 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS West Duluth quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
216 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 216 fires within 5 miles of Smithville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 212 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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 | 99 |
| Debris and open burning | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 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
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Smithville: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Zenith Dredge Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Smithville in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2018: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithville | - | Multiple trees were blown down along the Willard Munger State Trail. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithville | - | A large pine tree was snapped in half by the thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithville | - | An 18 inch diameter willow tree showing some evidence of decay was snapped off 8 feet above the ground. |
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Smithville | - | Portions of Grand Avenue near the Smithville, Riverside, and Morgan Park areas of West Duluth were closed due to high water. Some cars became partially submerged and stalled due to 2.5 to 3 feet of water covering 88th Avenue West in Morgan Park. Nearly 4.5 inches of rain fell in West Duluth between 10:00 pm and 12:20 am CDT. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Smithville | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Smithville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside | 0.8 miles | 20 | |
| Morgan Park | 1.1 miles | 20 | |
| Steelton | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Gary | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| Zenith Terrace | 2.5 miles | 20 | |
| West Duluth | 2.7 miles | 20 | |
| Proctor | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| New Duluth | 3.1 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 662478. 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.








