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Land O' Lakes, Wisconsin

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Land O'Lakes town. It lies in ZIP code area 54540. The Survey maps it on the Land O' Lakes quadrangle. It stands 1,703 feet above sea level.

Land O' Lakes within Vilas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

38 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Land O' Lakes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 101 acres in total. 2 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
Debris and open burning12
Recreation and ceremony10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks2
Smoking2
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
28 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChequamegon-Nicolet National ForestPILE
18 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOttawa National ForestWHITECAP
10 September 2012Naturalunder an acreOttawa National ForestMARSH LAKE
9 August 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 August 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOttawa National ForestFOX
12 August 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOttawa National ForestDEER ISLAND LAKE
10 August 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOttawa National ForestFOX
4 July 2010Fireworksunder an acreOttawa National ForestFIREWORKS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Vilas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Land O' Lakes: 8 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Big Portage Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Eleanore Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Lac Des Fleurs Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Lac Des Fleurs Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Lac Vieux Desert Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Little Bateau Lake Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Little Bateau Lake Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Little Bateau Lake Pit #3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Little Bateau Lake Pit #4Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Pinkeye Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Vilas County

Storms near this place

10 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Land O' Lakes in 10 storm reports between 1995 and 2015: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 1997Thunderstorm WindLand O Lakes$1,000no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindLand O Lakes-Thunderstorm winds downed several trees about three miles northeast of Conover. The time of this event was estimated based on radar data.
August 2010HailLand O Lakes-Quarter size hail fell at Bent's Camp Resort on Mamie Lake.
July 2006HailLand O Lakes-no account filed
July 2006HailLand O Lakes-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindLand O Lakes-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindLand O Lakes-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindLand O Lakes-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindLand O Lakes-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindLand O' Lakes-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Vilas County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Conover7.6 miles14
Phelps9.6 miles15
Star Lake15.9 miles14
Eagle River16.9 miles14
Sayner20.6 miles13
Boulder Junction22.8 miles17
Saint Germain22.9 miles13
Presque Isle27.7 miles17

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 Land O' LakesAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6483922The 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 1579623. 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.