BlockTainter Lake, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Tainter town. It lies in ZIP code area 54730. It stands on Hay River. The Survey maps it on the Rusk quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1940 USGS Menomonie quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Menomonie quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Rusk quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Tainter Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 May 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1151 |
| 11 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 939 |
| 28 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 883 |
| 23 April 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 853 |
| 30 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20110 |
| 27 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 November 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2452 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Tainter Lake: 4 occurrences, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hay River Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Lambs Creek Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Wheeler Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Cedar Falls Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Colfax Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Colfax Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Tainter Lake 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norton | 2.0 miles | 7 | |
| Cedar Falls | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Wheeler | 5.0 miles | 7 | |
| Rusk | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Colfax | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Menomonie Junction | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| North Menomonie | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| Menomonie | 8.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1867667. 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.