Dover, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 2005. It stands in Emery town. It lies in ZIP code area 54555. The Survey maps it on the Dover quadrangle. It stands 1,660 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1941 USGS Brantwood quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Brantwood quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Dover quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Park Falls quadrangle1:100000
- 2005 USGS Dover quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
22 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Dover between 1992 and 2018, burning about 62 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 9.2 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ASPEN RD |
| 8 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SPRINGS |
| 4 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 May 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | WOOL |
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 Dover: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dover in 13 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Dover | $30,000 | Numerous roads were washed out in the town of Emery with a few culvert failures as well. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Dover | $5,000 | A tornado affected the area near the intersection of County Highway H and Willow Road. A citizen reported a tornado around this location that further corroborates the damage survey findings. Damage along the path was mostly to trees. A small shed was destroyed, a metal barn lost some roof paneling, and several large trees were snapped at one property. [DI 1 (SBO), DOD 2, EXP, Est. Gust 75-80 mph]. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | A tree was downed onto a road near Pike Lake. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | Numerous large trees were broken or uprooted at a residence along State Highway 70 along with trees down and blocking Sheep Ranch Road. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | A large maple tree with a diameter of 18 to 20 was blown down and laying across the road near the intersection of Gerber and Turner Lake roads. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Dover | - | There was also a lot of tree damage. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Dover | - | In addition to the hail, there was tree damage from high winds. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Dover | - | A brief weak tornado caused some minor tree damage in far northeast Price County. [DI 28 (TS), DOD 2, LB-EXP, Est. Gust 65-70 mph]. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | Tree limbs and power lines were down in Emery Township. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | Several large trees were blown down. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Dover | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worcester | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Brantwood | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| Cranberry Lake | 8.7 miles | 10 | |
| Prentice | 10.1 miles | 10 | |
| Phillips | 11.4 miles | 10 | |
| Pennington | 14.5 miles | 10 | |
| Coolidge (historical) | 15.2 miles | 11 | |
| Spirit | 15.5 miles | 9 |
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 Dover | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5302453 | 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 1579140. 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.






