BlockTogo, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1976. It stands in Carpenter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55723. The Survey maps it on the Togo quadrangle. It stands 1,358 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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 Hibbing quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Togo quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Bigfork quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
47 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Togo between 1993 and 2019, burning about 208 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 2012 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Togo: 1 producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swanson Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Togo in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Togo | - | Trees were downed onto power lines along Highway 1. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Togo | - | A few trees were blown down starting east of Togo around the Itasca-St. Louis county line near Highways 1 and 22. This area of scattered tree damage continued into St. Louis County. |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Togo | - | Roads were inundated in the Bear Lake area. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Togo | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Togo | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Togo | - | 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.
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 Togo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7813189 | 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 653223. 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.