BlockPalmer, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Rush River town. It lies in ZIP code area 54002. The Survey maps it on the Baldwin West quadrangle. It stands 1,060 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1949 USGS Baldwin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Baldwin West quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Palmer between 2018 and 2020, burning about 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19-5279 |
| 12 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18-4859 |
| 7 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18-3958 |
| 8 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1832178 |
| 12 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18-3332 |
| 6 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20-2428 |
| 5 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18-2334 |
| 20 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18-2737 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Palmer: 10 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Slate, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierce County Operations | Slate, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Baldwin Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Baldwin Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Baldwin Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Baldwin Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| H L Olsen Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hauser Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lilly Hanson Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| O & W Lafferty Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rush River Gravel Deposit #1 | 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 Palmer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7128201 | 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 1581798. 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.