BlockHumboldt, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Humboldt town. It lies in ZIP code area 54311. The Survey maps it on the New Franken quadrangle. It stands 810 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1954 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS New Franken quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS New Franken quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Sturgeon Bay quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Humboldt between 2018 and 2020, burning about 36 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 0F19151 |
| 1 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2058 |
| 18 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1836311 |
| 18 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18057 |
| 3 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2004519 |
| 10 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 184499 |
| 22 April 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 3719 |
| 18 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Humboldt: 3 producers. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bay Settlement Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Number 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Franken | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Sugar Bush | 2.1 miles | 9 | |
| Coppens Corner | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Poland | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Henrysville | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Chapel Ridge | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Bay Settlement | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Wequiock | 5.4 miles | 11 |
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 Humboldt | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5940237 | 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 1566797. 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.