BlockClark, Wisconsin
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 2005. It stands in Hixon town. It lies in ZIP code area 54498. The Survey maps it on the Lublin quadrangle. It stands 1,280 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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.
- 1951 USGS Lublin quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Lublin quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Medford quadrangle1:100000
- 2005 USGS Lublin quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
34 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Clark between 1992 and 2020, burning about 194 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2013 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.7 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 July 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 July 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SOYBEAN |
| 3 June 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 June 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 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
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Clark: 2 producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robertson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tomczyk Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clark in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 heavy rain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2000 | Hail | Clark | $12,000 | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clark | $2,000 | Some trees were blown down north of Owen. A 50 mph wind gust was measured by a private weather station. |
| June 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Clark | - | A brief EF-1 tornado touched down in far northern Clark County and produced little damage before moving into southern Taylor County. |
| July 2011 | Heavy Rain | Clark | - | A total of four inches of rain fell between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. CST. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Clark | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Clark | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5127116 | 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 1579012. 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.