BlockHawkins Corner, Wisconsin
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Pepin town. It lies in ZIP code area 54759. It lies near Alberts Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Nerike Hill quadrangle. It stands 1,145 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 13 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.
- 1935 USGS Arkansaw quadrangle1:48000
- 1941 USGS Arkansaw quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Arkansaw quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Nerike Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Hawkins Corner between 2018 and 2019, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 27 |
| 28 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 0LF1810 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Hawkins Corner: 5 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bogus Creek Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Deer Island Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Stockholm Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Stockholm Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Emery Anderson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Horsethief Coulee Dolomite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Peters Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Stockholm Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Stockholm Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Tulip Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Corner | 0.8 miles | 13 | |
| Devils Corner | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Lakeport | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Pepin | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Stockholm | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Porcupine | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Ella | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Arkansaw | 10.7 miles | 13 |
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 Hawkins Corner | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5685128 | 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 1577632. 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.