BlockOak Hall, Wisconsin
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Fitchburg City. It lies in ZIP code area 53575. The Survey maps it on the Oregon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1889 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1906 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Oregon quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Oak Hall between 2012 and 2020, burning about 39 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 | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1289 |
| 13 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1195 |
| 26 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18427 |
| 22 April 2018 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18418 |
| 18 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Leopold Wetland Management District | SCHULTZ WF |
| 1 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18335 |
| 1 April 2018 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18329 |
| 30 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 36 |
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 Hall: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hammersley No. 1 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Reindahl Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Haen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hammersly Construction Company | 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.
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 Hall | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q20707428 | 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 1570632. 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.