BlockWaukenabo, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Waukenabo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56469. The Survey maps it on the Waukenabo quadrangle. It stands 1,247 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1914 USGS Aitkin quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Aitkin quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Waukenabo quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Aitkin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
68 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Waukenabo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 822 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 1996 | Natural | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 July 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 June 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waukenabo in 5 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukenabo | 1 hurt | The roof of a trailer home collapsed and the home sustained other significant damage from the storm. A 10 year-old girl was trapped inside and her leg was crushed and fractured due to the damage. Downed trees were also blocking State Highway 3. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukenabo | - | A gust to 62 mph was recorded by the Waukenabo MNDOT RWIS station. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukenabo | - | Several large branches were broken off at the reporter's location. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Waukenabo | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Waukenabo | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Waukenabo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7975153 | The 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 653853. 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.