BlockOak Grove, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Drammen town. It lies in ZIP code area 54755. The Survey maps it on the Mondovi NE quadrangle. It stands 955 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1932 USGS Mondovi quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Mondovi NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Oak Grove (historical) between 2009 and 2020, burning about 196 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 167 |
| 13 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 15 |
| 9 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BLACK RIVER FALLS CO-OP 1 |
| 8 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 103 |
| 8 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1900010 |
| 8 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 54 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 124 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 114 |
| 23 April 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 120 |
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 Oak Grove (historical): 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Road Shale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Fedie Shale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Langdell Road Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Little Rock Creek Shale Quarry | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nelsonville (historical) | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Hope Corners | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Shawtown | 9.2 miles | 14 | |
| Cleghorn | 9.5 miles | 12 | |
| Putnam Heights | 9.9 miles | 15 | |
| Eau Claire | 11.1 miles | 15 | |
| Union | 12.2 miles | 14 | |
| Altoona | 12.5 miles | 15 |
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 Oak Grove (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7073477 | 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 1578433. 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.