BlockPilot Knob, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Richfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 54930. It sits by Horseshoe Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Westfield West quadrangle. It stands 1,070 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Westfield West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Wisconsin Dells quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Wisconsin Dells quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
142 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Pilot Knob (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 264 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 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 | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Other causes | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BOBCAT |
| 13 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 13 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | LONG FIRE |
| 12 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HWY 21 & 2ND LN |
| 12 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HWY21 & 2ND LN CELL TOWER |
| 11 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MIDIAN FIRE 129 |
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 Pilot Knob (historical): 2 producers. All of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frazene Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pockrandt Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springbluff (historical) | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Fordham (historical) | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Grand Marsh | 8.4 miles | 11 | |
| New Chester (historical) | 8.7 miles | 10 | |
| Friendship | 10.6 miles | 10 | |
| Adams Center (historical) | 10.7 miles | 10 | |
| Adams | 10.8 miles | 10 | |
| Cottonville | 11.1 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 Pilot Knob (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7194427 | 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 1837597. 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.