Reserve, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Couderay town. It lies in ZIP code area 54843. The Survey maps it on the Reserve quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Couderay quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Couderay quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Reserve quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Spooner quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
124 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Reserve between 1992 and 2020, burning about 68 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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 | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Other causes | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Natural | 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 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Great Lakes Agency | TRAILER |
| 6 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Great Lakes Agency | 31 |
| 6 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Great Lakes Agency | 32 |
| 5 September 1998 | Other causes | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Great Lakes Agency | FROMEL RD |
| 13 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Great Lakes Agency | MATTRESS |
| 1 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Reserve: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Boy Flowage Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Couderay River Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reserve in 8 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reserve | - | Several hardwood and softwood trees were blown down in Reserve. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reserve | - | A tree branch was downed by the thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reserve | - | Many large trees were reported down along with numerous power outages on the Lac Courte Oreilles reservation. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reserve | - | Numerous trees and tree limbs were down with the trees being up to 12 inches in diameter. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reserve | - | Numerous trees were blown down and blocking roads. The largest trees knocked down were 6 to 8 inches in diameter. Several tops of larger trees were snapped off. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Reserve | - | There were numerous reports of broken windows and damage to vehicles. Golfball size hail fell at Northwoods Beach, Stone Lake, Whitefish lake, Reserve, and the Skunawong areas. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reserve | - | Trees were blown down. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Reserve | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwoods Beach | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Chief Lake | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Little Round Lake | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Hauer | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Couderay | 7.3 miles | 9 | |
| Stone Lake | 8.5 miles | 8 | |
| Lemington | 8.6 miles | 9 | |
| Hayward | 10.5 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1572206. 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.
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.





