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Twig, Minnesota

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Grand Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55779. The Survey maps it on the Twig quadrangle.

Twig within St. Louis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 10 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

164 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 164 fires within 5 miles of Twig between 1992 and 2020, burning about 146 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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 burning50
Railroad operations and maintenance37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Equipment and vehicle use16
Arson/incendiarism12
Recreation and ceremony8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking4
Fireworks1
Natural1

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
7 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 September 2005Natural1.7 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Louis County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Twig: 4 producers. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Amborn PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Arrowhead PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
La France Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Schubitzke PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in St. Louis County

Storms near this place

18 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Twig in 18 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 12 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail. 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
May 2024Thunderstorm WindTwig-A large red pine tree was downed onto a house.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindTwig-A photo was received showing a healthy spruce tree that was downed by the storm along with additional deciduous tree branches on the ground around it.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindTwig-A photo was received showing a large tree snapped off near the base and partially uprooted.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindTwig-Multiple small branches were downed by the winds along with a few large branches.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindTwig-Around 50 trees were downed on the reporter's property on the east side of Grand Lake. Most trees were 12 to 16 inches in diameter with some completely uprooted. Some of the trees fell on power lines leading to power outages. The trees were all at least 30 years old. No structure damage was reported at the location.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindTwig-Multiple trees were uprooted with a few falling on power lines leading to power outages.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindTwig-A large tree that was blown down was blocking a road.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindTwig-A couple large trees were blown down along Canosia Road near Twig.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindTwig-A large tree was blown down.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindTwig-The winds caused a power outage.
May 2014HailTwig-The hail caused large dents on cars.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindTwig-A 40 foot tall maple was snapped off by strong winds.
May 2018HailTwig-no account filed
May 2007HailTwig-no account filed
May 2007HailTwig-no account filed
May 2007HailTwig-no account filed
August 1998HailTwig-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindTwig-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
Twig Station1.5 miles10
Harnell Park1.7 miles10
Bartlett1.8 miles10
Saginaw4.9 miles8
Four Corners5.3 miles9
Simar5.7 miles9
Grand Lake5.8 miles8
Munger6.6 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 662682. 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.