BlockMill Center, Wisconsin
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Howard Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54313. The Survey maps it on the Oneida North quadrangle. It stands 761 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Green Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Oneida North quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Shawano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Oneida North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Mill Center between 2006 and 2020, burning about 6 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 449 |
| 8 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 81281 |
| 27 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 311 |
| 1 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 73260 |
| 20 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18077 |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18061 |
| 2 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 37147 |
| 17 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 163 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Mill Center: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peters Trucking Corporation Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Daanen and Janssen Howard Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| McKeefry & Sons,Inc | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anston | 2.0 miles | 7 | |
| Kunesh | 2.5 miles | 7 | |
| Elm Tree Corners | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Pittsfield | 4.5 miles | 7 | |
| Flintville | 4.6 miles | 6 | |
| Cormier | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Howard | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Duck Creek | 5.2 miles | 9 |
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 Mill Center | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6858188 | 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 1569466. 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.