BlockBefore

Wisner, Minnesota

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the South Koochiching unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 56627. The Survey maps it on the Littlefork SW quadrangle.

Wisner within Koochiching County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 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

9 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Wisner between 1994 and 2018, burning about 10 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning1

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
29 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 June 1995Smokingunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 May 2018Equipment and vehicle use3.4 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 May 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 1994Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 April 2005Smoking2.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 April 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Koochiching County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wisner: 2 producers. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Happyland Pit No 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Happyland Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Koochiching County

Storms near this place

2 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wisner in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2014: 2 hail. 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
June 2014HailWisner-no account filed
July 2013HailWisner-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Koochiching 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
Hendrickson Landing7.6 miles7
Littlefork9.0 miles7
Lindford9.1 miles7
Grand Falls9.7 miles7
Big Falls10.6 miles7
Ben Linn Landing11.7 miles7
Sturgeon River Landing12.9 miles7
Laurel14.4 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 655019. 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.

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.