BlockOak Orchard, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Pensaukee town. It lies in ZIP code area 54141. The Survey maps it on the Pensaukee quadrangle. It stands 584 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.
- 1954 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Oconto quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Pensaukee quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Sturgeon Bay quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
73 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Oak Orchard between 1993 and 2020, burning about 64 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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 | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | COUNTY J DITCH FIRE |
| 16 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | COUNTY RD. J |
| 27 July 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 July 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BELLE BRIDGE FIRE |
| 20 July 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | OAK ORCHARD RD. FIRE |
| 11 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 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
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Oak Orchard: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oconto County Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Snyder Limestone 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pensaukee | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Brookside | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Little Suamico | 6.2 miles | 6 | |
| Abrams | 7.1 miles | 8 | |
| Sobieski Corners | 7.9 miles | 6 | |
| Oconto | 8.0 miles | 8 | |
| Stiles | 8.5 miles | 8 | |
| Sobieski | 8.8 miles | 6 |
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 Orchard | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7073639 | 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 1570668. 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.