Ormsby, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Peck town. It lies in ZIP code area 54424. It stands on Sucker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bavaria quadrangle. It stands 1,539 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1940 USGS Parrish quadrangle1:48000
- 1950 USGS Parrish quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Parrish quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Bavaria quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Merrill quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
57 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Ormsby between 1992 and 2017, burning about 27 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.4 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.9 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 July 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 July 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 June 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 June 2006 | 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
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Ormsby: 6 past producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Oak Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bluebell Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fosterling Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ormsby Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Reeves Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| River Grove School 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kempster | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Deerbrook | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Neva Corners | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Bavaria | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Koepenick | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Neva | 7.5 miles | 8 | |
| Summit Lake | 8.9 miles | 10 | |
| Antigo | 9.6 miles | 9 |
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 Ormsby | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7103476 | 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 1577760. 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.






