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Spring Lodge Resort and Marina, Minnesota

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Rainy Lake unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 56649. It lies near Aeroplane Island. The Survey maps it on the Island View quadrangle.

Spring Lodge Resort and Marina within Koochiching County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

41 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Spring Lodge Resort and Marina between 1992 and 2018, burning about 46 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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
Recreation and ceremony16
Debris and open burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 September 1998Naturalunder an acreVoyageurs National ParkLONE PINE
18 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 September 2006Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 August 1992Naturalunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 August 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Koochiching County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Spring Lodge Resort and Marina: 2 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur-Pyrite. 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
Little America MineGold, Sulfur-PyritePast Producer1893, 1894
International Falls PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kolinski Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bushyhead Island ProspectGoldUnknownGold
Grassy Island ProspectGoldUnknownGold
Lyle MineGoldOccurrenceGold

Every working recorded in Koochiching 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
Thunderbird Resort1.3 miles10
Island View2.4 miles10
Sha-Sha Resort2.7 miles10
Falls Junction7.0 miles10
Ranier7.4 miles10
Jameson8.2 miles10
Ericsburg9.9 miles8
South International Falls10.0 miles9

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.

Wikidata item Q122592368The 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 659168. 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.