BlockLakeport, Wisconsin
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Pepin town. It lies in ZIP code area 54759. It stands on Lost Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pepin quadrangle. It stands 718 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1932 USGS Wabasha quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Wabasha quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Pepin quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Lakeport between 2000 and 2018, burning about 87 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 | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 83 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018007 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Lakeport: 5 occurrences, 4 past producers, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horsethief Coulee Dolomite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Peters Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Stockholm Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bogus Creek Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Charles Serene, Jr. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Deer Island Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Hogechin Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lake Pepin Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Stockholm Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Stockholm Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pepin | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Barry Corner | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Hawkins Corner | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Devils Corner | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Stockholm | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Ella | 9.2 miles | 13 | |
| Porcupine | 10.3 miles | 13 | |
| Arkansaw | 15.0 miles | 13 |
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 Lakeport | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6478895 | 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 1577688. 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.