Oulu, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Oulu town. It lies in ZIP code area 54847. The Survey maps it on the Oulu quadrangle. It stands 994 feet above sea level.
On record in Oulu
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 1 record
- John and Justina Palo Homesteadlisted 2002
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1947 USGS Brule quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Brule quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Port Wing quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Oulu quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
81 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Oulu between 1992 and 2020, burning about 142 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.6 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HOOVER FIRE |
| 2 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Oulu: 3 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Prospect Near Waino | Copper, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Hokkinen Rd Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Percival | Copper | Unknown | Copper | |
| South Slope Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Waino | Copper | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muskeg | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Wills | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Iron River | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Topside | 12.2 miles | 12 | |
| Port Wing | 12.4 miles | 10 | |
| Delta | 17.7 miles | 12 | |
| Pike River | 19.5 miles | 11 | |
| Herbster | 19.9 miles | 10 |
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 Oulu | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7110474 | 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 1570925. 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.





