Snellman, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wolf Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56570. The Survey maps it on the Ponsford quadrangle. It stands 1,591 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 Brainerd quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Ponsford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Detroit Lakes quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
58 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Snellman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 394 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 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 | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 65 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Agency | BIGBOSS |
| 4 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Snellman in 9 storm reports between 2002 and 2022: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snellman | $300 | Large branches were blown down. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snellman | - | Received reports of tress down on camper trailers at Little Toad Lake. Power lines down. Time estimated based on radar and nearby wind sensor reports. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Snellman | - | A public report of 1.5 inch hail was relayed by a broadcast media partner. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snellman | - | A large tree was uprooted onto highway 38. Roof damage was also reported. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Snellman | - | The hail fell on the east side of Toad Lake. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snellman | - | Strong winds and large hail affected the southeast corner of Toad Lake Township. Winds lofted an open faced loafing shed and pulled several of the support posts out of the ground. Numerous large tree branches and limbs were broken down in farm yards resulting in some roof damage. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Snellman | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Snellman | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Snellman | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ponsford | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Pine Point | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Wolf Lake | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Osage | 8.5 miles | 10 | |
| Evergreen | 9.2 miles | 10 | |
| Midway | 11.0 miles | 9 | |
| Rochert | 14.7 miles | 11 | |
| Two Inlets | 15.3 miles | 9 |
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 Snellman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1185392 | 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 652203. 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.





