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Bellwood, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Brule town. It lies in ZIP code area 54820. The Survey maps it on the Lake Nebagamon quadrangle.

Bellwood within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

70 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Bellwood between 1992 and 2019, burning about 49 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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
Equipment and vehicle use33
Debris and open burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural1
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 1998Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 August 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 August 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesAUTIO FIRE
8 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 June 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesTENNIS COURT
19 June 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSMITH CREEK 17

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Bellwood: 11 past producers, 9 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Martinson Clay & Gravel PitClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Prospect Along Anderson CLead, CopperOccurrence
AstorCopperUnknownChalcopyrite
PercivalCopperUnknownCopper
Bellwood PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Blueberry Creek Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Blueberry Creek Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Blueberry Creek Pit #3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Blueberry Creek Pit #4Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Blueberry Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Douglas County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Blueberry1.7 miles12
Brule3.5 miles10
Winneboujou4.2 miles10
Maple4.6 miles12
Lake Nebagamon5.1 miles12
Waino5.8 miles10
Cloverland7.6 miles12
Poplar8.6 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1577513. 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.