BlockArmstrong, Wisconsin
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Osceola town. It lies in ZIP code area 53079. The Survey maps it on the Dundee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1955 USGS Kewaskum quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Dundee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Fond Du Lac quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Dundee quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
4,232 words on this townshipThe county-history sources names this settlement in its chapter on Osceola Town. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Osceola Town - it names this place 4 more 4 times.
Fires near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Armstrong between 1994 and 2020, burning about 101 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 29 |
| 14 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 201849 |
| 6 May 2020 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2020033 |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 201834 |
| 4 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2020080 |
| 3 November 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2020079 |
| 31 October 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 October 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 56 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MULLET RIVER MARSH FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Armstrong: 2 producers, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gelling County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gobels Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Schroeder Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Corners | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Chinatown | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Dundee | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Banner | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Dotyville | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Waucousta | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| New Prospect | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Saint Cloud | 7.9 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1577494. 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.