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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1950 USGS Tomahawk quadrangle1:48000
- 1952 USGS Tomahawk quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Tomahawk quadrangle1:62500
- 1982 USGS Tomahawk quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Merrill quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
99 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BALER FIRE |
| 21 August 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CRASS ROAD |
| 14 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 2010 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SPIRIT HAVEN |
| 28 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 July 1999 | 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
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawk Propsect | Zinc, Copper | Prospect | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Electrum, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Horseshoe Prospect | Copper, Zinc, Lead | Prospect | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Polybasite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite | |
| Tomahawk Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Tomahawk Sand and Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Kraft | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Tomahawk | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Jersey City | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Irma | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Heafford Junction | 8.1 miles | 12 | |
| Bradley | 8.1 miles | 10 | |
| Harrison | 10.4 miles | 9 | |
| Otis | 11.2 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 Gilbert | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5560743 | 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 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.






