BlockWealthwood, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Wealthwood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56431. The Survey maps it on the Wealthwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1916 USGS Wealthwood quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Wealthwood quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Mille Lacs Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
47 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Wealthwood between 1992 and 2019, burning about 463 acres in total. 1 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 | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 July 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 July 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 1998 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wealthwood in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2016: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wealthwood | - | The Aitkin County Sheriff Department reported some trees were blown down along Minnesota State Highway 18 on the north side of Mille Lacs Lake. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Wealthwood | - | The hail was accompanied by winds that brought two-foot-diameter trees down along the north shore of Mille Lacs Lake. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wealthwood | - | Winds brought two-foot-diameter trees down along the north shore of Mille Lacs Lake. The wind was accompanied by 1 1/2 inch hail. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wealthwood | - | Numerous reports were received of two-foot diameter trees down along the north shore of Mille Lacs Lake. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Wealthwood | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 653871. 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.