BlockWheelers Point, Minnesota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1976. It stands in Wheeler Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56623. It stands on Rainy River. The Survey maps it on the Wheelers Point quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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.
- 1919 USGS Canada quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Wheelers Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Baudette quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
30 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Wheelers Point between 1993 and 2020, burning about 44 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.1 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 May 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hackett | 1.9 miles | 7 | |
| Pitt | 8.5 miles | 8 | |
| Graceton | 9.9 miles | 8 | |
| Baudette | 10.1 miles | 8 | |
| Williams | 14.5 miles | 8 | |
| Birch Beach | 14.7 miles | 7 | |
| Long Point | 16.9 miles | 7 | |
| Clementson | 17.2 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654059. 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.