BlockCornucopia, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 2005. It stands in Bell town. It lies in ZIP code area 54827. It stands on Siskiwit River. The Survey maps it on the Cornucopia quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1944 USGS Cornucopia quadrangle1:48000
- 1946 USGS Cornucopia quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cornucopia quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Cornucopia quadrangle1:62500
- 1980 USGS Port Wing quadrangle1:100000
- 2005 USGS Cornucopia quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
20 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Cornucopia between 1994 and 2020, burning about 33 acres in total. 2 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 | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BLUEBERRY LANE |
| 4 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | STAR ROUTE FIRE |
| 6 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 July 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Apostle Islands National Lakeshore | LOST SMOKE |
| 10 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Apostle Islands National Lakeshore | SAXINE CREEK |
| 3 May 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.2 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TRAIL |
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 Cornucopia: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. T. Guyer Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| H. J. Ehlers Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cornucopia in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornucopia | - | Three large poplar and one partially dead pine tree were snapped part way up the trunk. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornucopia | - | A tree was downed by the storm. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornucopia | - | A few trees were knocked down along Wisconsin 13 between Cornucopia and Herbster. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Cornucopia | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Cornucopia | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1579043. 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.