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Wyman, Minnesota

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Hoyt Lakes City. It lies in ZIP code area 55750. It stands on Wyman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Allen quadrangle.

Wyman within St. Louis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

49 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Wyman between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,127 acres in total. 1 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
Railroad operations and maintenance21
Recreation and ceremony6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning3
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1

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 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSuperior National ForestSUFFOLK ROAD FIRE
13 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreSuperior National ForestCOLBY LAKE
1 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 August 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSuperior National ForestST.LOUIS FIRE
1 August 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSuperior National ForestDMIR MP49.5
1 August 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSuperior National ForestDMIR MP 49.8
2 July 1999Naturalunder an acreSuperior National ForestLTV #1
9 June 2003Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Louis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Wyman: 18 past producers, 5 unknowns, 5 producers, 3 plants. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Nickel, Copper, Titanium, Metal, Iron, Palladium, Platinum. 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
LongearIron, Titanium, Metal, Nickel, CopperUnknownIlmenite, Magnetite, Chalcopyrite, Bornite, Cubanite, Pyrrhotite, Pentlandite, Pyrite
Partridge River ProspectCopperProspect
Wet Legs DepositPGE, Nickel, CopperUnknownCubanite, Chalcopyrite, Bornite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
Wyman Creek depositNickel, Copper, Palladium, PlatinumProspectBornite, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
LongnoseTitanium, Metal, Iron, Nickel, CopperUnknownIlmenite, Magnetite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite, Cubanite, Chalcopyrite, Bornite
Section 22 DepositTitanium, Metal, Iron, Nickel, CopperUnknownIlmenite, Magnetite, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
Skibo DepositTitanium, Metal, Iron, Nickel, CopperUnknownIlmenite, Magnetite, Pyrrhotite, Pentlandite, Cubanite, Chalcopyrite
Adriatic MineIronPast Producer1906
Adriatic MineIronPast Producer
Erie I Pellet PlantIronPlant

Every working recorded in St. Louis 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
Allen1.2 miles14
Hoyt Lakes1.9 miles14
Mesaba2.8 miles14
Colby3.4 miles14
Old Mesaba3.7 miles14
Hinsdale5.2 miles14
Skibo6.8 miles12
Aurora6.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 662832. 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.