La Pointe, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1989. It lies in ZIP code area 54850. The Survey maps it on the Bayfield quadrangle.
On record in La Pointe
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 6 records
ANTELOPE (schooner-barge) Shipwrecklisted 2018
Bass Island Brownstone Company Quarrylisted 1978
Hadland Fishing Camplisted 1977
La Pointe Indian Cemeterylisted 1977
MARQUETTE (shipwreck)listed 2008
Rocky Island Historic Districtlisted 2008
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1941 USGS Bayfield quadrangle1:48000
- 1946 USGS Bayfield quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Bayfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Bayfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1989 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
38 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of La Pointe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | WINSTON PROPERTY |
| 5 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.1 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 July 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Apostle Islands National Lakeshore | BASSWOOD1 |
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 La Pointe: 1 past producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F. L. Wolfe Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names La Pointe in 4 storm reports between 2001 and 2020: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Pointe | - | Numerous trees were blown down on Madeline Island. |
| June 2020 | Hail | La Pointe | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | La Pointe | - | no account filed |
| October 2004 | Hail | La Pointe | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middleport | 0.6 miles | 10 | |
| Old Fort | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| Odanah | 12.7 miles | 11 | |
| Ashland | 13.9 miles | 13 | |
| White River | 17.1 miles | 11 | |
| Birch | 20.0 miles | 11 | |
| Marengo | 24.7 miles | 11 | |
| Sanborn | 24.7 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1567683. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






