BlockBefore

Taconite Harbor, Minnesota

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1977. It stands in Schroeder Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55613. It stands on Two Island River. The Survey maps it on the Schroeder quadrangle. It stands 692 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Taconite Harbor within Cook County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

10 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Taconite Harbor (historical) between 1995 and 2015, burning about 9 acres in total. 2 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
Natural2
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
15 June 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 June 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSuperior National Forest7810
1 June 2002Natural5.0 acresSuperior National ForestCROSS RIVER FIRE
9 May 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 May 2002Natural2.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 May 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSuperior National ForestTEMPERENCE RIVER
26 May 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 April 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSuperior National ForestCAMPSITE 26 FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cook 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
Schroeder2.5 miles11
Tofte6.1 miles11
Lutsen16.0 miles11
Grand Marais35.2 miles9
Chippewa City37.0 miles9
Croftville38.4 miles9
Maple Hill38.5 miles9
Covill44.9 miles10

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 Taconite Harbor (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7674047The 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 658592. 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.