BlockSmith Landing, Wisconsin
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Oak Grove town. It lies in ZIP code area 54021. It stands on Big River. The Survey maps it on the Diamond Bluff West quadrangle. It stands 673 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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 Red Wing quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Red Wing quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Diamond Bluff West quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Diamond Bluff West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Smith Landing between 1994 and 2019, burning about 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 190032 |
| 18 May 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 180033 |
| 24 March 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 October 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Smith Landing: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big River Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Big River Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| E. & D. Meier Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Frank Hauth Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Myers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Willow Drive Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Bluff | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Trimbelle | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Prescott | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Moeville | 8.7 miles | 14 | |
| Trenton | 8.9 miles | 15 | |
| Ottman Corners | 9.3 miles | 14 | |
| Hager City | 10.1 miles | 15 | |
| Snows Corner | 10.4 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q7545203 | 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 1581162. 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.