BlockOrihula, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Wolf River town. It lies in ZIP code area 54940. It lies near Boom Island. The Survey maps it on the Lake Poygan quadrangle. It stands 751 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Lake Poygan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Poy Sippi quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Appleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
53 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Orihula between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,095 acres in total. 1 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 | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.2 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HIGHWAY 96 |
| 6 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BOO BOO |
| 6 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | EAST |
| 6 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | YOGI |
| 6 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.8 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | WEST |
| 26 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 July 2003 | 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Orihula: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Klemp Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zittau | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Metz | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Clarks Point | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Piacenza | 7.9 miles | 8 | |
| Indian Shores | 8.5 miles | 8 | |
| Lasleys Point | 8.8 miles | 8 | |
| Winchester | 8.9 miles | 8 | |
| Winneconne | 9.3 miles | 8 |
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 Orihula | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7102658 | 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 1570859. 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.