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Melnik, Wisconsin

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Gibson town. It lies in ZIP code area 54247. It stands on Kriwanek Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mishicot quadrangle. It stands 804 feet above sea level.

Melnik within Manitowoc County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

7 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Melnik between 2018 and 2020, burning about 2 acres 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 burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism1

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
29 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources13
19 May 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources24
1 May 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources21
26 April 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18
20 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources25
19 November 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources39
1 November 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources37

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Manitowoc County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Melnik: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gretz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Q PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Schuette Construction Company PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Zeman Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Manitowoc County

Storms near this place

1 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Melnik in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 2012Thunderstorm WindMelnik$40,000Thunderstorm winds produced extensive damage at 141 Speedway southeast of Maribel. Track vehicles were damaged, covers were torn from bleachers, some walls were blown out, billboards were knocked down, and doors were ripped from their hinges. The time of this event was estimated based on radar data.

Every storm recorded in Manitowoc 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
Larrabee2.2 miles8
Kellnersville3.3 miles9
Fisherville3.5 miles8
Francis Creek3.6 miles8
Maribel3.8 miles8
Kingsbridge4.2 miles8
Rosecrans4.7 miles8
Cooperstown4.8 miles8

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 MelnikAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14714540The 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 1577725. 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.