BlockBavaria, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Summit town. It lies in ZIP code area 54435. The Survey maps it on the Bavaria quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1940 USGS Parrish quadrangle1:48000
- 1950 USGS Parrish quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Parrish quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Bavaria quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Merrill quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Bavaria between 1992 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.4 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.1 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 July 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bavaria: 1 producer. All of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vilas Dump 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ormsby | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Parrish | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Summit Lake | 10.0 miles | 10 | |
| Koepenick | 10.6 miles | 10 | |
| Kempster | 10.6 miles | 10 | |
| Deerbrook | 12.4 miles | 9 | |
| Elcho | 12.7 miles | 10 | |
| Neva Corners | 13.3 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1577507. 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.