BlockHughey, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 2005. It stands in Cleveland town. It lies in ZIP code area 54433. It stands on Weasel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lublin NW quadrangle. It stands 1,280 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1951 USGS Lublin quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Lublin NW quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Medford quadrangle1:100000
- 2005 USGS Lublin NW quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
18 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Hughey between 1993 and 2019, burning about 123 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 1998 | Other causes | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 July 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | BEAR CREEK ROAD |
| 21 July 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 May 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 May 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | SNAG |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hughey: 2 occurrences, 2 past producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Road Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Konsella Road Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pinkert Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Schwark Gravel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hannibal | 4.7 miles | 7 | |
| Perkinstown | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Gilman | 8.0 miles | 7 | |
| Jump River | 9.0 miles | 7 | |
| Polley | 9.3 miles | 7 | |
| Donald | 10.4 miles | 7 | |
| Lublin | 11.9 miles | 7 | |
| Bellinger | 13.1 miles | 6 |
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 Hughey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5933510 | 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 1579494. 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.