BlockYola, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lake George Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56458. It stands on Birch Creek. The Survey maps it on the Schoolcraft Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Schoolcraft Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Lake Itasca quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
37 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Yola between 1992 and 2020, burning about 500 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 August 2008 | Natural | 15 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 June 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 June 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 June 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake George | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Kabekona Corner | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Becida | 9.2 miles | 9 | |
| Emmaville | 11.6 miles | 9 | |
| Guthrie | 12.6 miles | 9 | |
| Deer Lane | 13.4 miles | 9 | |
| Nary | 13.7 miles | 9 | |
| Laporte | 13.7 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 655026. 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.