BlockMeeme, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Meeme town. It lies in ZIP code area 53063. The Survey maps it on the Cleveland West quadrangle. It stands 781 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Cleveland West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Howards Grove quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS St. Wendel quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Sheboygan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Meeme between 2018 and 2020, burning about 1 acre in total. None 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 burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2939 |
| 8 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 80 |
| 1 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2364 |
| 27 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 71 |
| 18 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 9654 |
| 18 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19 |
| 12 December 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 98 |
| 15 October 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 53 |
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 Meeme: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schwartz Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Valley | 1.3 miles | 9 | |
| Osman | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| School Hill | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Cleveland | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Louis Corners | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Millhome | 7.2 miles | 9 | |
| Newton | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Saint Nazianz | 7.7 miles | 10 |
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 Meeme | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6807563 | 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 1577723. 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.