BlockNicholson, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Bear Creek town. It lies in ZIP code area 54922. The Survey maps it on the Clintonville South quadrangle. It stands 886 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1955 USGS Clintonville quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Clintonville South quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Shawano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Clintonville South quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
668 words on this townshipHistory of Waupaca County, Wisconsin, published 1890 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Bear Creek Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Bear Creek Town - 668 words.
Fires near this place
55 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Nicholson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 70 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 | 33 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SHADY LANE |
| 21 July 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 July 2009 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | LITTLE CREEK SOUTH |
| 18 July 2009 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | LITTLE CREEK NORTH |
| 25 June 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 June 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | GARDEN PATCH |
| 8 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PLEASANT VIEW |
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 Nicholson: 1 past producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C Flanagan Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nowell (historical) | 3.1 miles | 7 | |
| Marble (historical) | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Bear Creek Corners | 3.8 miles | 7 | |
| Symco | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Carmel | 6.0 miles | 7 | |
| Clintonville | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Manawa | 7.1 miles | 7 | |
| Buckbee | 8.1 miles | 8 |
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 Nicholson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7026598 | 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 1850521. 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.