BlockWoodbury, Minnesota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Lakeview Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55798. The Survey maps it on the Cromwell West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Cromwell quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Cromwell West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
68 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Woodbury between 1993 and 2020, burning about 139 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2010 | Fireworks | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.8 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 June 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 June 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 June 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Woodbury: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 Ready Mix | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Heikala Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Heikala 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wright | 2.6 miles | 6 | |
| Cromwell | 4.0 miles | 7 | |
| Corona | 10.3 miles | 7 | |
| Automba | 11.4 miles | 5 | |
| Kettle River | 13.6 miles | 7 | |
| Sawyer | 17.3 miles | 9 | |
| Hillside Terrace Homes | 18.7 miles | 7 | |
| Moose Lake | 18.7 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 655020. 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.