BlockBolt, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Franklin town. It lies in ZIP code area 54208. The Survey maps it on the Larrabee 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 Larrabee quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Bolt in 2018, burning about 3 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 17 |
| 13 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 115418 |
| 12 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 16 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Bolt: 11 past producers, 3 producers, 3 occurrences. 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boulanger Construction Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Collegiate Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| D Cherney Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| D Thielbar Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Denmark Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jas Dufek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kraynik Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| L Schlies Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Milo Sidwell Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Nuclear Road Gravel Pit #1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curran | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Stangelville | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Norman | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Cherneyville | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Pilsen | 7.1 miles | 8 | |
| Krok | 7.1 miles | 8 | |
| Ellisville | 8.1 miles | 8 | |
| East Krok | 8.1 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1562043. 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.