BlockComfort, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Weston town. It lies in ZIP code area 54740. It stands on Knights Creek. The Survey maps it on the Weston quadrangle. It stands 823 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 11 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.
- 1946 USGS Knapp quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Knapp quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Weston quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Comfort in 2018, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 October 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 52 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Comfort: 5 occurrences, 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oconto County Highway Dept. Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bates Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Eau Galle River Dolomite Deposit #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Fesenmaier Dolomite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ginsbach Dolomite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Herman Kuehl Dolomite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Irvington Dolomite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Knights Creek Dolomite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Robert Stewart Dolomite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Styer Dolomite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weston | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Welch Point (historical) | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Downsville | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Eau Galle | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Irvington | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Hatchville | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Dunnville | 7.9 miles | 12 | |
| Menomonie | 9.3 miles | 12 |
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 Comfort | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5151663 | 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 1577555. 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.