BlockDewey, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Superior town. It lies in ZIP code area 54880. It stands on Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Borea quadrangle. It stands 814 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1915 USGS Superior quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Superior quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Superior quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Borea quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Superior quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
91 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Dewey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 832 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 2015 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HWY C WEST |
| 5 July 2008 | 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 Dewey: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nemadji River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Udeen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dedham | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Borea | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Black River | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Foxboro | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Patzau | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Boylston | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Oliver | 6.6 miles | 20 | |
| Boylston Junction | 7.3 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 Dewey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5268163 | 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 1577570. 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.