BlockWatab, Minnesota
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Watab Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56379. It stands on Little Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Little Rock Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1950 USGS St. Cloud quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Little Rock Lake quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS St. Cloud quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
108 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Watab between 1992 and 2019, burning about 205 acres in total. None started naturally. 18 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 | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.1 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 August 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Watab: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benton County Marl Bed | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Killinger Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Watab in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2022: 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Heavy Rain | Watab | - | Storm total from overnight thunderstorms 3.81 inches. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watab | - | A few trees were blown down north of Sauk Rapids, along Highway 10. |
| March 2010 | Flood | Watab | - | Approximately 20 structures, mainly cabins, flooded near Little Rock Lake due to back water problems from an ice jam on the Mississippi River. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockwood Estates | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Evergreen Village | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Mayhew | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Rice | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Sauk Rapids | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Fruitville | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Sherwood Manor | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| Popple Creek | 8.4 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654997. 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.