Thorhult, Minnesota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1977. It stands in Steenerson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56727. The Survey maps it on the Thorhult quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 6 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 Roseau quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Thorhult quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Grygla quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Thorhult between 1994 and 2016, burning about 1,899 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Red Lake Agency | RL348 |
| 7 May 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 May 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 471 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | THORHULT |
| 3 April 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 April 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 80 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thorhult in 18 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 10 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2001 | Flash Flood | Thorhult | $2,000 | Ditches overflowed onto county roads. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thorhult | $500 | Tree branches were blown down. |
| August 2022 | Hail | Thorhult | - | Quarter to half-dollar size hail was noted just off of Rainy River Road NW, west of Malcolm, In the Red Lake Wildlife Management area. Large hail occurred off and on over a 20-minute period. |
| August 2022 | Hail | Thorhult | - | Last of multiple waves of large hail, as reported by the public near Rainy River Road NW. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thorhult | - | A few poplar and small pine trees were blown down across a broad area in the Steenerson State Wildlife Management Area. Time estimated based on radar. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Thorhult | - | Hail and very heavy rain fell for 10 to 15 minutes. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thorhult | - | Received a report of several large tree branches broken. |
| July 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Thorhult | - | A funnel cloud was visible for several minutes as it crossed highway 89 south of Thorhult. Multiple brief condensation plumes were seen lofting from tree tops up to the main condensation funnel, but no damage was discerned. The funnel was accompanied by very heavy rains and periods of dime to nickel sized hail. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Thorhult | - | Dime to quarter size hail fell along with very heavy rain and strong winds. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Thorhult | - | The hail fell along with 50 mph wind gusts. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thorhult | - | Large branches were knocked down. A small tree was snapped off. |
| July 2005 | Hail | Thorhult | - | Two inches of rain was also measured. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thorhult | - | Wind damage to crops and trees was reported. |
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Thorhult | - | The heavy rain flooded several roads. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Thorhult | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Thorhult | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Thorhult | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Thorhult | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four Town | 5.8 miles | 7 | |
| Malcolm | 8.0 miles | 7 | |
| Jelle | 8.1 miles | 7 | |
| Carmel | 11.0 miles | 7 | |
| Gates Corner | 15.8 miles | 7 | |
| Ponemah | 22.9 miles | 8 | |
| Little Rock | 26.0 miles | 9 | |
| Red Lake | 27.3 miles | 8 |
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 Q122556773 | 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 654975. 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.




