BlockPike River, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 2005. It stands in Delta town. It lies in ZIP code area 54856. It stands on Kern Creek. The Survey maps it on the Grandview NW quadrangle. It stands 961 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1944 USGS Grandview quadrangle1:48000
- 1947 USGS Grandview quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Grand View NW quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Solon Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 2005 USGS Grand View NW quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
25 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Pike River between 1992 and 2017, burning about 141 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | not named |
| 9 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | FINGER LAKE |
| 31 July 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 May 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 May 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | WHITE RIVER POWERLINE |
| 20 May 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.5 acres | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | KNOLLS ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pike River: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hazel Hills Pit No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Sutherland | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Ino | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Topside | 8.1 miles | 12 | |
| Drummond | 8.5 miles | 13 | |
| Benoit | 9.1 miles | 12 | |
| Grand View | 9.5 miles | 9 | |
| Mason | 9.7 miles | 8 |
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 Pike River | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7193598 | 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 1580143. 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.