BlockHofa Park, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Maple Grove town. It lies in ZIP code area 54165. The Survey maps it on the Zachow quadrangle. It stands 906 feet above sea level.
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 Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Seymour quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1974 USGS Zachow quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Shawano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Hofa Park between 2018 and 2020, burning about 6 acres 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 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18074 |
| 26 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20048 |
| 7 November 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1107401 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Hofa Park: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsfield Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry Road Dolomite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Tesch Dolomite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Elm Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Herman Creek Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Herman Creek Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kamineski Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hofa Park in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2017: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Hofa Park | $25,000 | This tornado, west of Angelica, heavily damaged an old barn (DI 1, DOD 6) and partially tore the roof off an outbuilding (DI 1, DOD 2). Another old barn had most of its roof blown off (DI 1, DOD 5). A nearby home had roof damage (DI 2, DOD 2) and its garage door partially collapsed inward. |
| August 2011 | Lightning | Hofa Park | $20,000 | A house in the Town of Maple Grove was struck by lightning, causing a fire that destroyed its second floor. Time and damage total are estimates. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hofa Park | $3,000 | no account filed |
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.
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 Hofa Park | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5876520 | 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 1566508. 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.