Soudan, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Breitung Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55782. It lies near Jasper Peak. The Survey maps it on the Soudan quadrangle.
On record in Soudan
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.
Soudan Iron MineNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966 · 0.5 miles away
Stuntz Bay Boathouse Historic Districtlisted 2007 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Hibbing quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Soudan quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Vermillion Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
73 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Soudan between 1992 and 2019, burning about 30 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 11 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 | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 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
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Soudan: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North American Mine | Gold | Unknown | Gold | |
| Armstrong Bay Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1923 | |
| Soudan Iron Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Hematite, Magnetite |
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Soudan in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Soudan | - | Multiple trees were downed along the shore of Lake Vermilion. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Soudan | - | A tree was knocked down blocking Minnesota 169 in Breitung Township. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Soudan | - | Most of the hail was one inch in diameter. Damage to vehicles and skylights were reported. Trees were stripped of their leaves. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tower Junction | 1.2 miles | 11 | |
| Tower | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Murray | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Wahlsten | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Peyla | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Eagles Nest | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| McComber | 9.4 miles | 12 | |
| Robinson | 10.8 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 662492. 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.





