BlockIsland Park, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Rushford town. It lies in ZIP code area 54963. It stands on Waukau Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eureka quadrangle.
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
- 1961 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Poy Sippi quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Appleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Island Park between 1993 and 2020, burning about 63 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 | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | WHEAT ROCK |
| 14 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 29 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 May 2019 | Smoking | 10 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 203 |
| 26 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 202 |
| 22 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 157 |
| 19 April 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 150 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Island Park: 3 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Kalata Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Johnson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Peters Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rabbit Trail Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1567042. 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.