BlockWinsor, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Winsor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56644. It stands on Silver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gully quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Winsor quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Gully quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fosston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
71 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Winsor (historical) between 1993 and 2018, burning about 5,015 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 28 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 | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 27 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 July 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 17 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 July 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 38 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 July 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 June 1994 | Debris and open burning | 3.1 acres | 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 Winsor (historical): 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broin 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2076588. 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.