BlockMeteor, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Meteor town. It lies in ZIP code area 54835. The Survey maps it on the Weirgor quadrangle. It stands 1,581 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1945 USGS Meteor quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Meteor quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Weirgor quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Spooner quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
41 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Meteor between 1993 and 2019, burning about 70 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 June 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 June 2002 | Other causes | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 June 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | LEMINGTON 3 |
| 10 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | LEMINGTON 2 |
| 10 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | LEMIGNTON 1 |
| 4 May 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HANSON ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Meteor: 4 occurrences. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Creek Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Knuteson Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Stoney Hill Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Zesiger Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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.
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 Meteor | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6823421 | 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 1577726. 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.