Wawina, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Wawina Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55736. The Survey maps it on the Wawina quadrangle. It stands 1,266 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Wawina quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Pokegama Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
25 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Wawina between 1992 and 2020, burning about 247 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 June 2009 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 June 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 June 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 23 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 May 2003 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 Wawina: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Peat. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Itasca County Peat Bogs | Peat | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wawina in 1 storm report in 2001: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wawina | - | Trees up to 18 inches in diameter were blown down along U.S. Highway 2. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swan River | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Goodland | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Warba | 9.4 miles | 9 | |
| Marrier Estates | 9.7 miles | 9 | |
| Philbin | 13.9 miles | 9 | |
| Bengal | 15.1 miles | 11 | |
| Blackberry | 16.9 miles | 9 | |
| Pengilly | 19.7 miles | 11 |
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 Wawina | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7975621 | 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 653862. 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.





