BlockStiles, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Stiles town. It lies in ZIP code area 54139. It stands on Splinter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Abrams quadrangle.
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
- 1956 USGS Oconto Falls quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1974 USGS Abrams quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Shawano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
186 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 186 fires within 5 miles of Stiles between 1992 and 2020, burning about 244 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 | 60 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 56 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stiles in 5 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 dust devil, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2010 | Dust Devil | Stiles | $500 | At around 3 pm CDT, a dust devil formed near the Machickanee Flowage on the southern branch of the Oconto River near Stiles. The whirlwind moved onto the water for a brief time, lifting the back of a pontoon boat and sucking the life jackets into the air. It then lifted several sections of the end of the dock 40 feet into the air, spinning the debris around, finally depositing everything into the water. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stiles | - | Thunderstorm winds downed multiple trees in Stiles. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| October 2023 | Hail | Stiles | - | Penny size hail fell in Stiles. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stiles | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Stiles. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stiles | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stiles Junction | 1.5 miles | 8 | |
| Brookside | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Oconto Falls | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Abrams | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Lena | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Pensaukee | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Oak Orchard | 8.5 miles | 8 | |
| Spruce | 8.8 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1574897. 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.
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.