BlockMorton Corner, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Martell town. It lies in ZIP code area 54003. The Survey maps it on the Martell quadrangle. It stands 1,056 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1949 USGS Baldwin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Martell quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Morton Corner between 1993 and 2018, 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 burning | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 90 |
| 6 October 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 34 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Morton Corner: 18 past producers, 11 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindgren Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Pierce County Operations | Slate, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Goose Creek Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Trimbelle River Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Beldenville Pass Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ellsworth Limestone Quarry #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ellsworth Limestone Quarry #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ellsworth Limestone Quarry #3 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Spring Creek Dolomite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Trimbelle River Limestone Quarry #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beldenville | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Lawton | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Evergreen Estates | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| East Ellsworth | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Ellsworth | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Martell | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Ottman Corners | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| El Paso | 6.9 miles | 11 |
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 Morton Corner | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6914837 | 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 1577734. 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.