BlockIsland Beach, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Oshkosh town. It lies in ZIP code area 54901. It lies near Island Park. The Survey maps it on the Oshkosh 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.
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Oshkosh quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Oshkosh quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Appleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Oshkosh quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Island Beach between 1994 and 2020, burning about 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 July 2018 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 184656 |
| 4 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | COUNTY H #1 |
| 30 May 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 183214 |
| 12 May 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 202018 |
| 3 April 2019 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19049 |
| 7 December 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 202056 |
| 6 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 207750 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Island Beach: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grundy Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Beach | 0.6 miles | 9 | |
| Winnebago | 1.6 miles | 9 | |
| Keenville | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Rockaway Beach | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Ricker Bay | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Adella Beach | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Oshkosh | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Sunset Point | 5.1 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1567005. 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.