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Wirt, Minnesota

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Wirt Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56688. It stands on Hinken Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wirt quadrangle. It stands 1,332 feet above sea level.

Wirt within Itasca County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

23 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Wirt between 1994 and 2020, burning about 78 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 burning5
Arson/incendiarism5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreChippewa National ForestHOLLAND
5 July 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreChippewa National ForestDORA LAKE
17 July 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreChippewa National ForestWEST WIRT LAKE
24 June 2008Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresChippewa National ForestJESSICA
18 June 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreChippewa National ForestEAST WIRT 1
18 June 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreChippewa National ForestEAST WIRT 2
6 May 1998Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreChippewa National ForestELECTRO-HOTSHOTS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Itasca County

Storms near this place

14 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wirt in 14 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 funnel cloud, 1 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2024Thunderstorm WindWirt-A few trees were downed around Squaw Lake.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWirt-Seven trees were reported down at the location. One was uprooted and fell on a porch while another was split near the bottom and came down on a garage. The remaining 5 were scattered about the property.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindWirt-A photo was received of a power pole that was snapped in Wirt.
July 2012Funnel CloudWirt-Two funnels were reported over Big Fork. No damage was associated with these.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWirt-A number of small trees, 3 to 4 inches in diameter, were blown down.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindWirt-Three to four inch diameter trees were snapped off and blown down.
August 2012Funnel CloudWirt-Two funnel clouds were reported over Big Fork.
August 2011Heavy RainWirt-Rainfall was 2.5 inches in less than an hour.
August 2024HailWirt-no account filed
July 2012HailWirt-no account filed
June 2010HailWirt-no account filed
August 2008HailWirt-no account filed
June 2006HailWirt-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindWirt-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Itasca County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Dora Lake4.3 miles12
Pomroy6.2 miles11
Oslund6.5 miles12
Spring Lake7.8 miles10
Max9.8 miles11
Squaw Lake11.5 miles12
Jessie Lake11.7 miles9
Inger12.2 miles9

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on WirtAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8027009The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 659046. 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.