BlockGranite City, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Wyoming town. It lies in ZIP code area 54950. It stands on Geskey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Marion quadrangle. It stands 899 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Clintonville quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Marion quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Shawano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
58 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Granite City (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 83 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 July 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.4 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 June 1996 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 June 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.8 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BIG BOULDER FIRE |
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 Granite City (historical): 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strehlow Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Falls | 1.8 miles | 7 | |
| Marion | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Schmidt Corner | 7.3 miles | 7 | |
| Marble (historical) | 8.1 miles | 8 | |
| Buckbee | 8.3 miles | 8 | |
| Symco | 9.5 miles | 8 | |
| Iola | 11.4 miles | 7 | |
| Nicholson | 11.5 miles | 8 |
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 Granite City (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5595844 | 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 1850462. 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.