BlockCity Point, Wisconsin
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in City Point town. It lies in ZIP code area 54466. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the City Point quadrangle. It stands 968 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS City Point quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS City Point quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Black River Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
49 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of City Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 61 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 June 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 June 2005 | Natural | 8.7 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 June 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 June 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 June 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 June 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 City Point: 1 producer. All of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierce Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spaulding | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Lapham Junction (historical) | 9.1 miles | 12 | |
| Pray | 9.4 miles | 12 | |
| Speck Oaks (historical) | 13.7 miles | 11 | |
| Waterbury | 14.9 miles | 12 | |
| Clay (historical) | 19.3 miles | 11 | |
| Millston | 20.5 miles | 15 | |
| Hatfield | 22.1 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on City Point | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5123373 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1563096. 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.