Snowden, Minnesota

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1977. It stands in Eveleth City. It lies in ZIP code area 55734. The Survey maps it on the Eveleth quadrangle.

Snowden within St. Louis County

On record in Snowden

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 4 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Eveleth Recreation Buildinglisted 1980 · 0.8 miles away
Church of the Holy Family (Catholic)listed 1980 · 0.8 miles away
Hotel Glodelisted 1980 · 0.9 miles away
W. Bailey Houselisted 1980 · 1.0 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1951 USGS Eveleth quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1954 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
1977 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

297 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 297 fires within 5 miles of Snowden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 553 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 88 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
Arson/incendiarism	88
Debris and open burning	62
Railroad operations and maintenance	51
Equipment and vehicle use	35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	27
Recreation and ceremony	16
Natural	7
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Other causes	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Smoking	2

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 September 2005	Natural	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
5 September 2006	Railroad operations and maintenance	71 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	JUNCTION 101 FIRE
26 September 1995	Railroad operations and maintenance	1.0 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
7 August 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
5 August 2001	Railroad operations and maintenance	1.1 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
31 August 2012	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
31 August 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
29 August 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Louis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 88 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 88 workings within 5 miles of Snowden: 70 past producers, 15 producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Water, Free, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Cloquet Annex Reserve X-62	Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free	Past Producer	1943
Security Mine	Iron, Manganese, Silica, Aluminum, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates	Past Producer	1961
Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 17w	Iron, Water, Free	Prospect	Surface
Rouchleau Group	Iron, Water, Free	Past Producer	1943
Gulbranson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gulbranson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Sly Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Aad Mine	Iron	Past Producer	1904
Alberta Mine	Iron	Past Producer	1907
Alberta Mine	Iron	Past Producer

Every working recorded in St. Louis County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Eveleth	0.7 miles	12
Leonidas	1.2 miles	12
De Forest	1.6 miles	12
Largo	2.0 miles	12
Spruce	2.0 miles	12
Genoa	2.3 miles	12
Ramshaw	2.5 miles	12
Midway	2.8 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 662486. 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.