BlockAngus, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Cedar Lake town. It lies in ZIP code area 54817. It lies near Faust Island. The Survey maps it on the Birchwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 8 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.
- 1949 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:48000
- 1951 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1980 USGS Spooner quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Birchwood quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
57 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Angus between 1993 and 2020, burning about 76 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 July 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.8 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | LOON LAKE FIRE |
| 7 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BASS LAKE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Angus: 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. & R. Quillen Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Frank Gruenhagen Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Martinson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Smith Brothers Transfer Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1560874. 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.