BlockSlab City, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Hartland town. It lies in ZIP code area 54107. The Survey maps it on the Bonduel quadrangle. It stands 784 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Seymour quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1974 USGS Bonduel quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Shawano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Slab City between 1997 and 2020, burning about 81 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18065 |
| 7 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CONSERVATION FIRE |
| 1 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 201811 |
| 1 May 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.1 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | WILDLIFE ROAD FIRE |
| 19 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 March 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 82019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Slab City: 7 past producers, 5 producers. 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gehm Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Limekiln Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Zimmerman Limekiln Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bonduel Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bonduel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Foster Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Oakcrest Drive Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rocky Lane Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Slab City Creek Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Slab City Creek Gravel Pit #2 | 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 Slab City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7538348 | 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 1574258. 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.