BlockBranch, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Manitowoc Rapids town. It lies in ZIP code area 54247. It stands on Branch River. The Survey maps it on the Whitelaw 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.
- 1954 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Reedsville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Whitelaw quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Branch between 1997 and 2020, burning about 5 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 47 |
| 25 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018033 |
| 2 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18360 |
| 5 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 29 |
| 8 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.9 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 25 |
| 11 April 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2020011 |
| 24 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018010 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Branch: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockwell Quarry | Calcium | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Branch in 4 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2006 | Hail | Branch | $6,000,000 | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Branch | - | A tornado touched down north of Branch at 4:21 PM CDT. The tornado tracked southeast and snapped and uprooted some trees and produced siding and roofing damage near the start of the tornado, tracking over farm fields with damage evident on satellite data before dissipating just northeast of Branch at 4:25 PM CDT. Total path length is estimated to be 1.58 miles long, with a width of 60 yards. Peak wind estimated to be around 77 mph. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Branch | - | Thunderstorms produced penny size hail and wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph in eastern Manitowoc County. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Branch | - | Thunderstorm winds overturned a semi-trailer into the the median near Interstate Highway 43 at exit 154. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kellners Corners | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Whitelaw | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Reifs Mills | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Rockwood | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Francis Creek | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Alverno | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Manitowoc Rapids | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Cato | 5.3 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1562140. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.