Wylie, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Wylie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56750. The Survey maps it on the Red Lake Falls quadrangle.
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.
- 1918 USGS Red Lake Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Red Lake Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Red Lake Falls quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Crookston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Wylie between 1997 and 2019, burning about 2,334 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 August 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 317 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 300 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 May 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1,120 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | ST HILAIRE |
| 16 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 500 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | BLACK RIVER |
| 2 October 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 84 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Wylie: 1 producer. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concrete Inc Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wylie in 4 storm reports between 2001 and 2009: 3 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2009 | Flood | Wylie | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Wylie | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Wylie | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Wylie | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorothy | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Red Lake Falls | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Huot | 7.6 miles | 10 | |
| Perault | 10.8 miles | 10 | |
| Delorme | 14.0 miles | 10 | |
| Terrebonne | 14.7 miles | 10 | |
| Plummer | 16.9 miles | 10 | |
| Brooks | 21.2 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654402. 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.






