Thunderbird Resort, 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 Little American Island. The Survey maps it on the Island View quadrangle.
On record in Thunderbird Resort
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Little American Minelisted 1975 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 International Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS International Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS International Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Island View quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1978 USGS International Falls quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Island View quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
38 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Thunderbird Resort between 1992 and 2018, burning about 35 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 3 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 ceremony | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Voyageurs National Park | HOLIDAYFIR |
| 20 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Voyageurs National Park | LONE PINE |
| 1 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 August 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 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
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Thunderbird Resort: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little America Mine | Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite | Past Producer | 1893, 1894 | |
| Bushyhead Island Prospect | Gold | Unknown | Gold | |
| Grassy Island Prospect | Gold | Unknown | Gold | |
| Lyle Mine | Gold | Occurrence | Gold |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Island View | 1.1 miles | 10 | |
| Spring Lodge Resort and Marina | 1.3 miles | 10 | |
| Sha-Sha Resort | 1.4 miles | 10 | |
| Falls Junction | 8.2 miles | 10 | |
| Ranier | 8.6 miles | 10 | |
| Jameson | 9.5 miles | 10 | |
| Ericsburg | 10.8 miles | 8 | |
| South International Falls | 11.3 miles | 9 |
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 Q122572253 | 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 659167. 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.





