BlockWakemup, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Beatty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55723. It lies near Schmidts Island. The Survey maps it on the Haley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Haley quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1964 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Vermillion Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
84 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Wakemup between 1992 and 2020, burning about 59 acres in total. 10 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 | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 2007 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2020 | 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wakemup: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Granite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hibbing Green Quarry | Granite | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haley | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Cook | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Leander | 8.4 miles | 9 | |
| Gheen | 9.2 miles | 9 | |
| Shermans Corner | 10.0 miles | 9 | |
| Gheen Corner | 10.1 miles | 9 | |
| Angora | 10.3 miles | 9 | |
| Glendale | 12.4 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 662731. 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.