BlockSand Lake, Wisconsin
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Osceola town. It lies in ZIP code area 54009. The Survey maps it on the Nye quadrangle. It stands 1,142 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1900 USGS St Croix Dalles quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS St Croix Dalles quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS St Croix Dalles quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS St. Croix Dalles quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS St. Croix Dalles SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Nye quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Sand Lake between 2018 and 2020, burning about 15 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 | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19D0107 |
| 4 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18D0124 |
| 3 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20D0111 |
| 3 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19G0107 |
| 1 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18D0120 |
| 29 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18D0117 |
| 29 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | G180117 |
| 28 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | G180113 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Sand Lake: 10 past producers, 8 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Rock Products Inc Dresser Jct | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near St Croix Fa | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near St Croix Fa | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Badger Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bear Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bear Lake Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Carl Forrest Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Centuria Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Deer Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dresser Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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.
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 Sand Lake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7415821 | 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 1573687. 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.