BlockEaston, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Easton town. It lies in ZIP code area 53910. It stands on Easton Mound. The Survey maps it on the Easton quadrangle. 86 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 922 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Adams quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Easton quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wisconsin Dells quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Wisconsin Dells quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
204 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 204 fires within 5 miles of Easton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 370 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 10 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 | 75 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Easton in 16 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 7 flood, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | 3 hurt, $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Easton | $780,000 | Runoff from heavy rains produced flash flooding across the southern sections of Adams County. County Highway G was closed because of flooding along Big Spring Creek and water was over County Highway H near White Creek. Additional township roads were closed or had water over them. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | $25,000 | Extensive tree damage occurred west of White Creek in the Quincy Bluffs area. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | $15,000 | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Lightning | Easton | $13,000 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | $250 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Flood | Easton | - | Significant rainfall during the middle of July pushed the Kickapoo River at La Farge into flood stage on July 15th. The river stage crested during the late morning on July 15th in minor flood stage at 12.57 ft. |
| April 2019 | Flood | Easton | - | Runoff from rain and melting snow produced high flows through the Castle Rock Dam. The flow topped out at 52,861 cubic feet per second (cfs) on April 19th. Flood stage is considered 30,000 cfs. |
| June 2018 | Flood | Easton | - | Runoff from heavy rain prompted the operators of the Castle Rock Dam to release above normal amounts of water. The flow peaked at 34,681 cubic feet per second (cfs) and flood stage is considered 30,000 cfs. |
| May 2017 | Flood | Easton | - | Runoff from heavy rains caused the operators of the Castle Rock Dam to release above normal amounts of water. The flow peaked at 36,613 cubic feet per second (cfs) and flood stage is considered to be 30,000 cfs. |
| February 2017 | Flood | Easton | - | Rainfall of a half to one inch, combined with runoff from snowmelt, caused the operators of the Castle Rock Dam to release above normal amounts of water. The flow peaked at 35,183 cubic feet per second (cfs) and flood stage is considered to be 30,000 cfs. |
| March 2016 | Flood | Easton | - | Runoff from heavy rains caused the operators of the Castle Rock dam to release above normal amounts of water. The flow peaked at 44,948 cubic feet per second (cfs) and flood stage is considered to be 30,000 cfs. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Easton | - | Runoff from heavy rains caused the operators of the Castle Rock Lake dam to release above normal amounts of water. The flow peaked at 33,850 cubic feet per second (cfs) and flood stage is considered to be 30,000 cfs. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Easton | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookside | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| White Creek | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Adams Center (historical) | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Grand Marsh | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Adams | 8.2 miles | 10 | |
| Quincy (historical) | 8.4 miles | 10 | |
| Brooks | 8.6 miles | 10 | |
| Plainville | 8.9 miles | 16 |
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 Easton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5330833 | 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 1564392. 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.
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.