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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.

Soudan within St. Louis County

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.

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.

Fires near this place

73 since 1992

Regional 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 burning23
Recreation and ceremony19
Arson/incendiarism11
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2006Naturalunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 September 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 August 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 August 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 August 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 August 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Louis County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
North American MineGoldUnknownGold
Armstrong Bay MineIronPast Producer1923
Soudan Iron MineIronPast ProducerHematite, Magnetite

Every working recorded in St. Louis County

Storms near this place

3 since 2010

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2022Thunderstorm WindSoudan-Multiple trees were downed along the shore of Lake Vermilion.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindSoudan-A tree was knocked down blocking Minnesota 169 in Breitung Township.
May 2010HailSoudan-Most of the hail was one inch in diameter. Damage to vehicles and skylights were reported. Trees were stripped of their leaves.

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Tower Junction1.2 miles11
Tower2.1 miles11
Murray3.0 miles12
Wahlsten6.0 miles13
Peyla7.0 miles11
Eagles Nest7.7 miles12
McComber9.4 miles12
Robinson10.8 miles12

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.