BlockSumner, Wisconsin
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Sumner town. It lies in ZIP code area 54822. It stands on Pokegama Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rice Lake South quadrangle. It stands 1,083 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1951 USGS Chetek quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Rice Lake South quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Bloomer quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
109 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Sumner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 158 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 | 44 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2009589 |
| 3 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CAMERON HARDWOOD |
| 13 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PRAIRIE LAKE FIRE |
| 31 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Sumner: 15 occurrences, 10 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Mork Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Afred Raawe Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Barron County Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bernard Stewart Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Cameron Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Cameron Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Cameron Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cameron Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Edward Kraemer & Sons Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Edward P. Klein Sand 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.
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 Sumner | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7637954 | 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 1575067. 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.