BlockNortheim, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Newton town. It lies in ZIP code area 53063. It stands on Pine Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cleveland East quadrangle. It stands 623 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Cleveland quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Cleveland East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Sheboygan North quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Sheboygan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Northeim in 2019, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 73 |
| 27 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 71 |
| 13 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19336 |
| 29 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19239 |
| 13 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19200 |
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 Northeim: 1 producer. All of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fricke Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Northeim in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Northeim | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines near Newton. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| September 2021 | Hail | Northeim | - | Quarter size hail fell east southeast of Valders. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Northeim | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in Newton. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Northeim | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 62 MPH was measured in Newton. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Northeim | - | A spotter in Newton observed penny size hail with a passing thunderstorm. The time of the report was estimated. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Northeim | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding that washed away parts of Center Road and County Road C west of Newton. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newton | 1.5 miles | 9 | |
| Duveneck | 1.7 miles | 9 | |
| Clover | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| University Village Heights | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Newtonburg | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Cleveland | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Alverno | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Osman | 6.7 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 Northeim | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7058081 | 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 1570523. 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.