BlockOrva, Wisconsin
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Kimball town. It lies in ZIP code area 54534. The Survey maps it on the Ironwood quadrangle. It stands 1,434 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1943 USGS Ironwood quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Ironwood quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Ironwood quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Ironwood quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
43 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Orva between 1993 and 2020, burning about 15 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HWY 2 HWY 51 EXCHANGE |
| 29 July 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CENTER DRIVE POWER LINE |
| 16 July 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HIGHWAY 2 M |
| 4 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HIGHWAY 2 K |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 32 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Orva: 22 past producers, 6 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Nickel. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Mine | Manganese, Iron | Past Producer | 1886 | |
| Pence Mine | Iron, Nickel | Past Producer | 1888, 1912 | |
| Hurley Quarry #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Hurley Quarry #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| City of Ironwood Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Flood Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Globe Industries Inc Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hurley Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Iron County Operations | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Montreal Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
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 Orva | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7105191 | 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 1577761. 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.