BlockWinter, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Stony River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55607. The Survey maps it on the Isabella Station quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Isabella quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Isabella Station quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Ely quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Winter between 1992 and 2012, burning about 42 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Superior National Forest | STONY RIVER 2 |
| 22 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Superior National Forest | not named |
| 27 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | 41 acres | Superior National Forest | KATHERINE LAKE |
| 16 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Superior National Forest | KOKKONEN RD. FIRE |
| 2 October 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Superior National Forest | MINISTER LAKE |
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 Winter: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Vanadium, Titanium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duluth Gabbro | Vanadium, Titanium | Occurrence | 1870 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jay See Landing | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Whyte | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Greenwood Junction | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Baptism Crossing | 7.9 miles | 12 | |
| Murphy City | 8.9 miles | 12 | |
| Isabella | 9.5 miles | 12 | |
| Scott Junction | 10.4 miles | 11 | |
| Manitou Junction | 12.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 659045. 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.