BlockManson, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Woodboro town. It lies in ZIP code area 54487. It stands on Manson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Heafford Junction quadrangle. It stands 1,519 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1939 USGS Cassian quadrangle1:48000, 4 printings
- 1942 USGS Cassian quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Heafford Junction quadrangle1:62500
- 1982 USGS Heafford Junction quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Rhinelander quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
103 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Manson (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 108 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2009 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | GO CART FIRE |
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 Manson (historical): 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Rice River Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Perry Lake Clay Deposit | Clay | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodboro | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Harshaw | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Goodnow | 9.0 miles | 12 | |
| Crescent Corner | 9.1 miles | 9 | |
| Newbold | 12.1 miles | 12 | |
| McNaughton | 13.0 miles | 12 | |
| Rhinelander | 14.1 miles | 9 | |
| Sunflower | 16.4 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 Manson (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6751801 | 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 1964305. 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.