BlockOxbo, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Draper town. It lies in ZIP code area 54552. It stands on Log Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oxbo quadrangle. It stands 1,371 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1941 USGS Kennedy quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Kennedy quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Oxbo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Park Falls quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Oxbo between 1993 and 2017, burning about 6 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HAY BALES |
| 12 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 August 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 May 1997 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 May 1998 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 April 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.4 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 April 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TRACTOR |
| 16 April 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Oxbo: 6 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berends Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bass Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dog Patch Road Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Dog Patch Road Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Flambeau River Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Flambeau River Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Flambeau River Gravel Deposit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Flambeau River Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Flambeau River Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Oxbo Sand 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.
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 Oxbo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7115127 | 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 1570973. 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.