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Wildfires in the United States during 2024. This is a list of wildfires across the United States during 2024, that have burned more than 1,000 acres (400 hectares), produced significant structural damage or casualties, or otherwise been notable. Acreage and containment figures may not be up to date.
The 1919 Fergus Falls tornado was a large and destructive tornado that struck Fergus Falls, Minnesota on Sunday, June 22, 1919. It killed 57 people and is the second deadliest tornado in Minnesota 's history (1st was the 1886 Sauk Rapids tornado ). This tornado occurred just 10 months after a tornado in Tyler, Minnesota killed 36 people.
Description Broken Down Dam, Fergus Falls, Minnesota.jpg. English: Ruins of the Fergus Falls City Light Station, now known as Broken Down Dam, which collapsed in 1909. Today it forms a recreational feature on the Otter Tail River State Water Trail near the city of Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Date. 15 August 2013, 15:19:52.
Red River Milling Company. / 46.282194°N 96.078500°W / 46.282194; -96.078500. Red River Milling Company is a historic building and structures in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, United States. The city's first mill was built at this location on the north side of the Otter Tail River in 1872. The location was a good one for water power as the ...
June 26, 1986. Boundary increase. November 3, 2016. The Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center is a former hospital located in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. It was built in the Kirkbride Plan style and first opened to patients in 1890. Over the next century it operated as one of the state's main hospitals for the mentally ill and also worked with ...
The Eagle Creek Fire was a destructive wildfire in the Columbia River Gorge, largely in the U.S. state of Oregon, with smaller spot-fires in Washington. The fire was started on September 2, 2017, by a 15-year-old boy igniting fireworks during a burn ban. [2] [4] The fire burned 50,000 acres, [5] and burned for three months, before being ...
Cloquet fire. The Cloquet Fire ( / kloʊˈkeɪ / kloh-KAY) [2] was an immense forest fire in northern Minnesota, United States in October 1918, caused by sparks on the local railroads amid dry conditions. The fire left much of western Carlton County devastated, mostly affecting Moose Lake, Cloquet, and Kettle River.
Fergus Falls City Hall. / 46.281686°N 96.075085°W / 46.281686; -96.075085. Fergus Falls City Hall is the seat of the local government and a historic building located in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, United States. The previous city hall was destroyed in a fire in 1927. Vernon A. Wright donated the present location along the Otter Tail River.