BlockSpeck Oaks, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Millston town. It lies in ZIP code area 54615. It stands on Town Line Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hatfield SE quadrangle. It stands 951 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hatfield quadrangle1:48000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Hatfield SE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Black River Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Speck Oaks (historical) between 1992 and 2017, burning about 16 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MULE FIRE |
| 17 July 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 May 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | KIRCH FIRE |
| 20 May 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HWY 54 FIRE |
| 19 May 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PRAY ROAD |
| 19 May 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 April 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lapham Junction (historical) | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Waterbury | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Pray | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Millston | 8.4 miles | 15 | |
| Clay (historical) | 8.8 miles | 11 | |
| Spaulding | 9.1 miles | 12 | |
| Winnebago Mission | 10.3 miles | 13 | |
| Sheppard | 11.5 miles | 13 |
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 Speck Oaks (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7575038 | 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 1577832. 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.