Spencer Brook, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Spencer Brook Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55371. It stands on Spencer Brook. The Survey maps it on the Wyanett quadrangle. It stands 951 feet above sea level.
On record in Spencer Brook
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
District No. 1 Schoollisted 1980 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Dalbo quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Wyanett quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mora quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mora quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
162 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Spencer Brook between 1992 and 2020, burning about 466 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 | 96 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 August 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 July 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 June 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spencer Brook in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spencer Brook | $25,000 | In addition to a private weather station that measured 75 mph peak wind gust, Spencer Brook had damage associated with a micro-burst. The severe winds caused three large trees to blow down, along with damage to a homes roof and siding. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spencer Brook | - | Several large tree limbs and a few small trees were toppled near Spencer Brook. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spencer Brook | - | Six inch diameter trees downed. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spencer Brook | - | Six inch diameter tree downed at the intersection of County Rd 40 and County Road 28, one mile West of Spencer Brook. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Spencer Brook | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Spencer Brook | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxlip | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| West Point | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Bradford | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Wyanett | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Pine Brook | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Crown | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| West Lake Francis Shores | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| East Lake Francis Shores | 6.3 miles | 12 |
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 Spencer Brook | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7575999 | 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 654954. 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.








