BlockSquier, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Aastad Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56537. The Survey maps it on the Dayton Hollow Dam quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1910 USGS Wendell quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Wendell quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Dayton Hollow Dam quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wahpeton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
13 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Squier between 1999 and 2020, burning about 640 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 May 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Fergus Falls Wetland Management District | LIGHTINING LAKE |
| 30 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 87 acres | Fergus Falls Wetland Management District | BAKKE |
| 28 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 April 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 160 acres | Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District | SHAY |
| 26 April 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | Fergus Falls Wetland Management District | FOSS |
| 23 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | Fergus Falls Wetland Management District | NEUMANN |
| 21 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Fergus Falls Wetland Management District | STONY BROOK (BARN) |
| 26 March 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Fergus Falls Wetland Management District | LILLEMOEN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Roberts (historical) | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Parkdale | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Dalton | 9.2 miles | 13 | |
| Fergus Falls | 10.0 miles | 11 | |
| River Bluff Estates | 10.1 miles | 11 | |
| Lakeview Estates | 11.3 miles | 11 | |
| French | 12.2 miles | 10 |
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 Q122596880 | 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 654958. 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.