BlockOld Fort, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1989. It lies in ZIP code area 54850. The Survey maps it on the Bayfield quadrangle. It stands 620 feet above sea level.
On record in Old Fort
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Coole Park Manorlisted 2005 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1941 USGS Bayfield quadrangle1:48000
- 1946 USGS Bayfield quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Bayfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Bayfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1989 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Old Fort between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9 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 | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | WINSTON PROPERTY |
| 10 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BAYVIEW PARK RD |
| 7 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 June 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SIOUX FLATS |
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 Old Fort: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F. L. Wolfe Gravel Pit | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middleport | 1.1 miles | 10 | |
| La Pointe | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| Odanah | 11.1 miles | 11 | |
| Ashland | 12.4 miles | 13 | |
| White River | 15.5 miles | 11 | |
| Birch | 18.5 miles | 11 | |
| Marengo | 23.0 miles | 11 | |
| Sanborn | 23.2 miles | 11 |
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 Old Fort | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7084022 | 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 1838438. 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.