BlockIndian Meadows, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Sheboygan City. It lies in ZIP code area 53081. The Survey maps it on the Sheboygan South quadrangle.
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 Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Sheboygan South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Sheboygan South quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Sheboygan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Indian Meadows between 2018 and 2020, 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 3762 |
| 3 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2402 |
| 12 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 3283 |
| 31 July 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2360 |
| 13 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1847 |
| 10 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1679 |
| 6 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1469 |
| 4 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1310 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kohler | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Sheboygan | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Sheboygan Falls | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Ourtown | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Erdman | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Gibbsville | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Mosel | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Oostburg | 6.9 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2513508. 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.