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Toivola, Minnesota

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1977. It stands in Toivola Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55765. The Survey maps it on the Toivola quadrangle.

Toivola within St. Louis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

22 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Toivola between 1995 and 2019, burning about 76 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 burning8
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 September 2001Debris and open burning24 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use6.5 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 August 2003Debris and open burning1.1 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 August 2006Natural5.5 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 August 2018Natural2.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 July 1995Equipment and vehicle use11 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 July 2013Other causes2.5 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Louis County

Storms near this place

8 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Toivola in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025Thunderstorm WindToivola-Multiple trees were snapped and twisted near base, taking down several powerlines. A path of damage about 30 yards wide was observed.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindToivola-A few 1 inch diameter tree limbs were broken.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindToivola-A 14 to 16 diameter maple tree split just above the trunk and was knocked over.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindToivola-Widespread severe wind damage to trees.
June 2025HailToivola-no account filed
July 2020HailToivola-no account filed
July 2020HailToivola-no account filed
July 1999Tornado (F0)Toivola-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Louis 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
Elmer4.7 miles8
Hull6.3 miles8
Meadowlands7.8 miles10
Casco8.5 miles9
Little Swan9.1 miles10
Dumblane10.5 miles9
Onega10.5 miles10
Kelsey11.3 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 662654. 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.