BlockBark Point, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Clover town. It lies in ZIP code area 54844. The Survey maps it on the Bark Bay OE N quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1944 USGS Cornucopia quadrangle1:48000
- 1946 USGS Cornucopia quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cornucopia quadrangle1:62500
- 1980 USGS Port Wing quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Bark Point between 1994 and 2020, burning about 18 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 5 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BLUEBERRY LANE |
| 4 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2020 | Other causes | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | APARTMENT |
| 25 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CARL'S RD FIRE |
| 24 May 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 1998 | Other causes | 6.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bark Point: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. T. Guyer Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| H. J. Ehlers Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
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 1578859. 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.