BlockWeston, Minnesota
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hugo City. It lies in ZIP code area 55038. The Survey maps it on the Hugo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1948 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Hugo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Hugo quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
54 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Weston between 1994 and 2020, burning about 235 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 May 2009 | Smoking | 2.4 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hugo | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Forest Lake | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Withrow | 6.4 miles | 21 | |
| Dellwood | 6.9 miles | 21 | |
| Maple Island | 6.9 miles | 17 | |
| Grant | 8.2 miles | 21 | |
| Mahtomedi | 8.4 miles | 21 | |
| Birchwood | 8.8 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654035. 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.