BlockBear Creek Corners, Wisconsin
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Bear Creek town. It lies in ZIP code area 54922. The Survey maps it on the Bear Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Embarrass quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Bear Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Shawano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
668 words on this townshipHistory of Waupaca County, Wisconsin, published 1890 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Bear Creek Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Bear Creek Town - 668 words.
Fires near this place
38 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Bear Creek Corners between 1994 and 2020, burning about 51 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 July 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 June 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | GARDEN PATCH |
| 8 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PLEASANT VIEW |
| 18 May 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 May 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 May 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | DEER CREEK FIRE |
| 13 May 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FENCER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Bear Creek Corners: 5 past producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B Duch Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Breiting Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| C Flanagan Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Finger Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sugar Bush 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholson | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Nowell (historical) | 4.0 miles | 7 | |
| Clintonville | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Carmel | 6.5 miles | 7 | |
| Marble (historical) | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| Symco | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| Northport | 8.8 miles | 7 | |
| Buckbee | 9.4 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1850406. 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.