BlockWest Wind Estates, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bluffton City. It lies in ZIP code area 56518. It stands on Bluff Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wadena quadrangle.
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.
- 1953 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Wadena quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Battle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
85 words on this townshipOtter Tail County, Minnesota, in the World War;, published 1919 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Bluffton City covers the township.
Read the chapter on Bluffton City - 85 words.
Fires near this place
26 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of West Wind Estates between 1992 and 2019, burning about 363 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 June 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 May 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 May 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 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 West Wind Estates: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weniger Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluffton | 0.0 miles | 9 | |
| Topelius (historical) | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Deer Creek | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| New York Mills | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Lyman | 9.0 miles | 9 | |
| Heinola | 9.3 miles | 9 | |
| Davies | 10.0 miles | 9 | |
| Leaf City (historical) | 13.1 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2073119. 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.