BlockOakland, Wisconsin
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Oakland town. It lies in ZIP code area 54893. The Survey maps it on the Webster quadrangle. It stands 988 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1950 USGS Webster quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Webster quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Webster quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Grantsburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
206 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 206 fires within 5 miles of Oakland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 98 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 | 59 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 38 |
| Fireworks | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 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 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | JUST SOUTH OF DANBURY |
| 4 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 4.7 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TOWER |
| 9 August 2014 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SMOKEY'S ANNIVERSARY |
| 9 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 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
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Oakland: 7 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fremsted Lake Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Fremsted Lake Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Hopkins Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Law Gables Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Oakland Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Webster Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Webster Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Yellow Lake Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Yellow Lake Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Yellow Lake Pit #3 | 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 Oakland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7073954 | 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 1570700. 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.