BlockWinner, Minnesota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the Southeast Roseau unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 56751. The Survey maps it on the Mulligan Lake SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 6 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 Roseau quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Mulligan Lake SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Winner between 1993 and 2019, burning about 4,757 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 17 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 June 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 35 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 May 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 May 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Storms near this place
4 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winner in 4 storm reports between 2019 and 2024: 1 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Winner | - | Received a photo of a brief tornado. EM of Roseau county reported no damage. |
| July 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Winner | - | An individual about five miles south of Warroad observed a funnel cloud to the south-southeast. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winner | - | Several trees were blown down at a campsite. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Winner | - | 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 655017. 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.