Whipholt, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Pine Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56484. It stands on Whipholt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Whipholt 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.
- 1954 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Whipholt quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Cass Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Whipholt quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
32 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Whipholt between 1992 and 2020, burning about 28 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | WHIPHOLT |
| 5 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Chippewa National Forest | BIG HANSON |
| 31 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | TIRE |
| 15 July 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | RAM |
| 30 June 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | HANSON LAKE |
| 28 June 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | 133 FIRE |
| 21 June 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | HOTSAW |
| 8 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | BREVIK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whipholt in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whipholt | - | A report was received of estimated wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph during the storm. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whipholt | - | Strong thunderstorm winds blew down a few trees. One of the larger trees was 8 inches in diameter. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whipholt | - | Sporadic wind damage occurred, with a few medium size trees and large branches snapped off. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Whipholt | - | A waterspout touched down on the south end of Leech Lake and travelled northeast for ten minutes before dissipating. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Whipholt | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Whipholt | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Whipholt | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whipholt | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Whipholt | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brevik | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Longville | 9.2 miles | 10 | |
| Baker | 9.6 miles | 10 | |
| Onigum | 10.4 miles | 10 | |
| Ah-gwah-ching | 10.6 miles | 10 | |
| Hackensack | 11.6 miles | 10 | |
| Walker | 12.3 miles | 10 | |
| Pontoria | 12.9 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 658974. 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.





