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Hilbert Junction, Wisconsin

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Hilbert Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54129. The Survey maps it on the Hilbert quadrangle.

Hilbert Junction within Calumet County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

3 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Hilbert Junction between 1995 and 2019, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1
Fireworks1

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
5 May 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 May 2018Fireworks1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources32
21 April 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources99421

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calumet 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 Hilbert Junction: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Arnold Ortlepp PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bishop QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Soyburn QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Winkler PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Calumet 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
Hilbert0.5 miles9
Saint John2.8 miles9
Potter3.6 miles9
Forest Junction4.7 miles9
Brillion5.5 miles9
Brant5.5 miles9
Sherwood5.6 miles11
Dundas6.4 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.

Wikidata item Q122539537The 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 1577641. 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.