BlockBirchwood, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in West Kewaunee town. It lies in ZIP code area 54216. The Survey maps it on the Kewaunee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1954 USGS Kewaunee quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Kewaunee quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Birchwood between 1993 and 2020, burning about 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 44 |
| 30 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 27 |
| 8 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 15 |
| 14 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 201813 |
| 1 May 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 14 |
| 16 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 8 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Birchwood: 14 past producers, 7 occurrences, 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C Novak Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cherneyville Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Delleman Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Duescher Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| E Brusky Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| East Krok Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| East Krok Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| J Kudick Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jacob Huber Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| John Theys 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Krok | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Kewaunee | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Krok | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Clyde | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Ryans Corner | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Rostok | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Slovan | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Ellisville | 6.0 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1561817. 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.