BlockOstrander, Wisconsin
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Mukwa town. It lies in ZIP code area 54983. The Survey maps it on the Northport quadrangle. It stands 791 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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
- 1956 USGS Weyauwega quadrangle1:48000
- 1969 USGS Northport quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Appleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Northport quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
1,087 words on this townshipHistory of Waupaca County, Wisconsin, published 1890 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Mukwa Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Mukwa Town - 1,087 words.
Fires near this place
120 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Ostrander between 1994 and 2020, burning about 225 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 September 2012 | Natural | 2.8 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SLOUGH RD. |
| 1 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2002 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HWY O FIRE |
| 5 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MERGER FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ostrander: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murphy Construction Company | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| New London 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royalton | 1.9 miles | 7 | |
| Shaw Landing | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Northport | 2.6 miles | 7 | |
| Little Wolf (historical) | 3.9 miles | 7 | |
| Carmel | 4.2 miles | 7 | |
| New London | 5.2 miles | 7 | |
| Baldwins Mill | 6.5 miles | 7 | |
| Manawa | 6.6 miles | 7 |
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 Ostrander | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7107722 | 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 1570880. 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.