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Warman, Minnesota

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Peace Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55051. The Survey maps it on the Warman quadrangle. It stands 1,161 feet above sea level.

Warman within Kanabec County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

95 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Warman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 544 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 17 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 burning47
Arson/incendiarism17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
Fireworks1

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
6 September 2020Debris and open burning7.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use2.4 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 August 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 August 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 August 2005Smokingunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 July 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kanabec County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Warman: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ostman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Kanabec County

Storms near this place

19 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Warman in 19 storm reports between 1999 and 2020: 11 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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
July 2017HailWarman$15,000Another area of large hail, up to golf ball size, occurred north of Mora, between Knife Lake area east to Pomroy Lake area, lasting for 15 minutes. Some damage was reported to area homes and campers.
July 2017Flash FloodWarman$10,000Torrential rainfall that lasted over two hours, caused flooding, especially between the Knife Lake area, east to the Pomroy Lake area. There was some damage to roads due to the flooding.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindWarman-A measured wind report of 53 knots from a private weather station.
July 2016Flash FloodWarman-Several waves of thunderstorms on Monday, July 11th, from the early morning, through the evening, caused rainfall amounts in excess of 3 to locally 5-7 inches. This caused several roads to close in Kanabec County, including Mahogany Avenue at 300th Avenue and 310th Avenue. Several pictures from social media indicated how widespread the flooding was, and included some people canoeing down county roads to get to stores. This area is also near the headwaters of the Snake River which crested above flood stage east of Kanabec County.
May 2012HailWarman-The observer reported lots of penny, up to quarter size hail for approximately five minutes.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindWarman-A 12x24 foot garage built on skids was destroyed.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindWarman-A tree was downed.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindWarman-A tree was downed.
August 2000Tornado (F0)Warman-Touched down in farmer's field. No appreciable damage.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindWarman-Roofs partially off outbuildings. Windows blown out. Barn down. Numerous trees down in a five mile wide swath. Estimated windspeed.
June 2020HailWarman-no account filed
September 2014HailWarman-no account filed
September 2014HailWarman-no account filed
July 2014HailWarman-no account filed
July 2014HailWarman-no account filed
July 2011HailWarman-no account filed
October 2006HailWarman-no account filed
August 2004HailWarman-no account filed
August 2002HailWarman-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kanabec 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
Woodland4.0 miles7
Kroschel11.1 miles6
Quamba11.5 miles12
Mora12.5 miles11
Ogilvie17.3 miles10
Brunswick18.6 miles11
Grasston19.6 miles13
Grass Lake20.3 miles13

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 WarmanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7969598The 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 653781. 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.