Stewart, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Lake No. 2 unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 55616. The Survey maps it on the Two Harbors quadrangle. It stands 1,250 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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 Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
119 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Stewart between 1992 and 2020, burning about 120 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 52 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 August 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 August 1993 | 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
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Stewart: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Noise Pit No 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Drummond Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stewart in 4 storm reports between 2018 and 2022: 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stewart | - | Power lines were knocked down north of Two Harbors along Forest Highway 15. |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Stewart | - | Old Drummond Road was washed out at the Stewart River between Big Rock Road and Holm Road. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Stewart | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Stewart | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| York | 1.7 miles | 9 | |
| Waldo | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Alger | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Lauren | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Silver Creek | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Two Harbors | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Highland | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Larsmont | 8.8 miles | 5 |
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 Stewart | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7615695 | 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 658477. 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.







