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Glen Oak, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Montello town. It lies in ZIP code area 53949. The Survey maps it on the Observatory Hill quadrangle. It stands 791 feet above sea level.

Glen Oak within Marquette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

237 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 237 fires within 5 miles of Glen Oak between 1992 and 2020, burning about 407 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 24 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 burning83
Equipment and vehicle use49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Arson/incendiarism24
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Other causes10
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1

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
6 September 1996Arson/incendiarism3.3 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 September 1999Other causesunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSPIT FIRE 1
2 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesVINCI POWERLINE
2 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marquette 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 Glen Oak: 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Granite. 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
Montello Granite QuarryGranitePast Producer
Own CrewsStoneUnknown
Frinak PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Marquette County OperationsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Marquette County

Storms near this place

1 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glen Oak in 1 storm report in 1995: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1995Thunderstorm WindGlen Oak-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marquette 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
Montello3.9 miles10
Packwaukee5.3 miles10
Buffalo Shore Estates5.8 miles12
Endeavor5.9 miles12
Mecan8.5 miles14
Anacker9.3 miles12
Harrisville9.5 miles10
Douglas Center10.7 miles15

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 Glen OakAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5567921The 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 1577614. 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.