BlockBefore

Gilbert, Wisconsin

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Bradley town. It lies in ZIP code area 54487. It stands on Skanawan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tomahawk quadrangle. It stands 1,444 feet above sea level.

Gilbert within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

99 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Gilbert between 1992 and 2020, burning about 58 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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 burning31
Equipment and vehicle use23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural3
Other causes3
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 1998Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 August 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesBALER FIRE
21 August 2013Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesCRASS ROAD
14 August 2000Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 July 2010Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSPIRIT HAVEN
28 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 July 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gilbert: 2 prospects, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Zinc, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hawk PropsectZinc, CopperProspectChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Electrum, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Horseshoe ProspectCopper, Zinc, LeadProspectChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Polybasite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite
Tomahawk PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Tomahawk Sand and Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
West Kraft3.1 miles9
Tomahawk3.4 miles9
Jersey City4.6 miles9
Irma5.7 miles9
Heafford Junction8.1 miles12
Bradley8.1 miles10
Harrison10.4 miles9
Otis11.2 miles9

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 GilbertAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5560743The 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 1838331. 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.