BlockBay View, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Red River town. It lies in ZIP code area 54217. The Survey maps it on the Namur quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1952 USGS Casco quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Namur quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Sturgeon Bay quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Bay View between 2018 and 2020, burning about 8 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 | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 45 |
| 29 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18062 |
| 6 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20 |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18030 |
| 29 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18029 |
| 4 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2087 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Bay View: 10 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keuken Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Macco Creek Dolomite Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| De Jardin Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| De Jardin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| H Lemens Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Legois Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Luxemburg Township Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mertens 1 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| River Road Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Swampside Gravel 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1561322. 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.