BlockReeve, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Vance Creek town. It lies in ZIP code area 54004. The Survey maps it on the Graytown quadrangle. It stands 1,155 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 12 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.
- 1948 USGS Downing quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Downing quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Graytown quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Reeve between 2019 and 2020, burning about 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 6620 |
| 28 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18 |
| 30 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 15 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reeve in 9 storm reports between 1994 and 2017: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 25 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2017 | Tornado (EF2) | Reeve | 1 killed, 25 hurt, $10,100,000 | The tornado first developed over southeastern Polk County, then tracked mostly east-northeast across southern Barron before moving into Rusk County and eventually Price County. In Barron County, the tornado hit numerous farmsteads, devastating barns and other outbuildings. The hardest hit area in Barron County was just north of Chetek, WI, where high-end EF2 damage was found. A number of mobile homes were completely demolished, and this is where the one fatality occurred. After that, several turkey barns were leveled, and then multiple homes were hit hard near Prairie Lake, especially those on the eastern shore. |
| September 2015 | Flash Flood | Reeve | - | Parts of 9th Avenue between 5th and County Road P, near Arland, were washed out due to excessive rainfall. Significant street flooding was noted at 15th Avenue and west of 10th Avenue near Poskin, along the Vermillion River. In addition, there were reports of water over the road north of Barron, near the Yellow River. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reeve | - | Uprooted and blown down trees. Barn down, roof partially off pole barn, few sheds and outbuildings down, trailer camper overturned. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reeve | - | One large tree toppled. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Reeve | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Reeve | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Reeve | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Reeve | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Reeve | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graytown | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Prairie Farm | 7.7 miles | 7 | |
| Arland | 8.8 miles | 12 | |
| Twin Town | 9.7 miles | 12 | |
| Turtle Lake | 10.8 miles | 12 | |
| Almena | 13.3 miles | 12 | |
| Poskin | 14.6 miles | 7 | |
| Hillsdale | 15.1 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 Reeve | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7307036 | 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 1572181. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.