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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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 Hibbing quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Wirt quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Bigfork quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Wirt quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
23 since 1994Regional 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 burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | HOLLAND |
| 5 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | DORA LAKE |
| 17 July 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | WEST WIRT LAKE |
| 24 June 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Chippewa National Forest | JESSICA |
| 18 June 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | EAST WIRT 1 |
| 18 June 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | EAST WIRT 2 |
| 6 May 1998 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | ELECTRO-HOTSHOTS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wirt | - | A few trees were downed around Squaw Lake. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wirt | - | 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wirt | - | A photo was received of a power pole that was snapped in Wirt. |
| July 2012 | Funnel Cloud | Wirt | - | Two funnels were reported over Big Fork. No damage was associated with these. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wirt | - | A number of small trees, 3 to 4 inches in diameter, were blown down. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wirt | - | Three to four inch diameter trees were snapped off and blown down. |
| August 2012 | Funnel Cloud | Wirt | - | Two funnel clouds were reported over Big Fork. |
| August 2011 | Heavy Rain | Wirt | - | Rainfall was 2.5 inches in less than an hour. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Wirt | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Wirt | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Wirt | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Wirt | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Wirt | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wirt | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dora Lake | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Pomroy | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Oslund | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Spring Lake | 7.8 miles | 10 | |
| Max | 9.8 miles | 11 | |
| Squaw Lake | 11.5 miles | 12 | |
| Jessie Lake | 11.7 miles | 9 | |
| Inger | 12.2 miles | 9 |
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 Wirt | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8027009 | The 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.






