BlockLowville, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Lowville town. It lies in ZIP code area 53955. The Survey maps it on the Wyocena quadrangle. It stands 974 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1901 USGS Poynette quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Poynette quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Wyocena quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
104 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Lowville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 167 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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 | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.3 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.8 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | LOVELAND BOBCAT |
| 4 July 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 July 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 July 2010 | Other causes | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | KRONCKE CORN CRIB |
| 25 June 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | DUNNING PILES |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lowville: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Poynette Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Leeds | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Poynette | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Leeds Center | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Arlington | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Leeds | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Rio | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Keyeser | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Wyocena | 7.9 miles | 12 |
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 Lowville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6694213 | 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 1577710. 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.