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Two Inlets, Minnesota

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Two Inlets Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56470. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Two Inlets quadrangle.

Two Inlets within Becker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

59 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Two Inlets between 1992 and 2019, burning about 366 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
24 September 2012Debris and open burning2.3 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use2.8 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 August 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 August 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 August 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Becker County

Storms near this place

18 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Two Inlets in 18 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 9 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 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 2008Tornado (EF1)Two Inlets$200,000A tornado tracked intermittently for nearly 8 miles to around 6 miles west of Lake George by 9 pm CDT. The tornado travelled for about 3 miles and crossed into Clearwater County about 7 miles north-northwest of Two Inlets by 850 pm CDT. It continued across extreme southeast Clearwater County into northwest Hubbard County. Numerous trees were knocked down along the path near state highway 113. Peak winds were estimated to 105 mph.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindTwo Inlets$5,000Several large trees were blown down.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindTwo Inlets$1,000Branches were blown down.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindTwo Inlets-Several poplar. pine, and ash trees were snapped or uprooted across Two Inlets and Savannah Townships. Time estimated based on radar.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindTwo Inlets-Large branches were broken down onto roadways across southern portions of Two Inlets State Forest. Time estimated based on radar.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindTwo Inlets-At least 20 trees were blown down, shingles were blown off a house, and a lean-to was damaged.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindTwo Inlets-Several large trees were blown down.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindTwo Inlets-Boat docks, lifts, and watercraft were tossed about by wave and wind action on Two Inlets Lake. Numerous pine and poplar trees were snapped across Two Inlets and Savannah townships.
July 2014HailTwo Inlets-Nickel to half dollar sized hail and very strong winds hit the south side of Bad Medicine Lake.
August 2013HailTwo Inlets-The hail fell along the south side of Hungry Man Lake.
August 2011HailTwo Inlets-The hail was still in the gutters at sunrise.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindTwo Inlets-60 to 70 mph (estimated) wind speeds occurred with a lot of tree damage.
June 2012HailTwo Inlets-no account filed
May 2008HailTwo Inlets-no account filed
June 2005HailTwo Inlets-no account filed
July 2003HailTwo Inlets-no account filed
July 2003HailTwo Inlets-no account filed
August 2000HailTwo Inlets-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Becker 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
Goldenrod3.0 miles9
Osage9.4 miles10
Pine Point10.2 miles10
Ponsford10.5 miles10
Snellman15.3 miles10
Elbow Lake18.6 miles10
Wolf Lake18.7 miles9
Midway18.8 miles9

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 Q122593555The 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 653469. 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.