CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT: FORESTRY DIVISION:
FOREST FIRE PROTECTION SECTION:
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minnesota. Forest Fire Protection Section. | |
| Title: | Records. | |
| Dates: | 1911-1970. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Records relating to fire protection and prevention activities of the division, including annual reports of federally-funded fire protection activities under the Weeks and Clarke-McNary laws (1911-1931), fire prevention and fire plan forms (1930s-1940s), annual reports on forest fire statistics (1956-1962), and fire plan maps for the state's northern counties (revised 1970). | |
| Quantity: | 1.35 cubic feet (1 box and 1 partial box). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Other topics covered in the files include meteorology and fire, fire fighting funds, fire control research, fire damage, Beltrami Island fire break, and slash disposal policies.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Forest Fire Protection Section. Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 985-134; 990-7; 2015-16
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 006413336
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| 102.F.15.2F | Annual Reports of Federally-funded Fire Protection Activities Under the Weeks and Clarke-McNary Laws, 1911-1931. 5 folders and 1 volume. | ||||||||||
| Includes photographs. | |||||||||||
| Research in Meteorological Relation to Fire Hazard, circa 1922. | |||||||||||
| By Raymond Clement. | |||||||||||
| Request to Executive Council for Fire Fighting Funds, September 23, 1936. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Proposed Ten Year Plan to State Planning Board, 1936-1937. | |||||||||||
| Sample Forms: Fire Prevention, 1930s-1940s. | |||||||||||
| Sample Forms: Fire Plans, 1930s-1940s. | |||||||||||
| Fire Control Research, Clarke-McNary, 1941-1945. | |||||||||||
| Fire Damage Appraisal Study, 1947-1948. | |||||||||||
| Beltrami Island Fire Break, 1950. | |||||||||||
| Slash Disposal Policies, 1951-1955. | |||||||||||
| Annual Reports on Forest Fire Statistics, 1955-1967. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| 154.J.8.6F-1 | Fire Plan Maps, Revised 1970. 14 volumes. | ||||||||||
| For northern counties; arranged by township and range number (Ranges 1-6E, 1-39W, and Memorial Hardwood Forest). Detailed maps showing roads, trails, utility lines, natural features, structures, and other features. | |||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Conservation of natural resources -- Minnesota.
- Fire weather -- Minnesota.
- Forest conservation -- Minnesota.
- Forest fire fighters -- Minnesota.
- Forest fire forecasting -- Minnesota.
- Forest fires -- Minnesota -- Maps.
- Forest fires -- Minnesota -- Statistics.
- Forest fires -- Prevention and control -- Minnesota.
- Forest fires -- Research -- Minnesota.
- Forest management -- Minnesota.
- Forest protection -- Minnesota.
- Forests and forestry -- Valuation -- Minnesota.
- Fuelbreaks -- Minnesota.
- Organizations:
- Minnesota. Department of Conservation, creator.
- Minnesota. Division of Forestry, creator.
- United States. -- Clarke-McNary Act.
- United States. -- Weeks Act.
- Places:
- Beltrami Island (Minn.).
- Document Types:
- Maps -- Minnesota.
- Photographs -- Minnesota.
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