BlockTaus, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Franklin town. It lies in ZIP code area 54230. The Survey maps it on the Whitelaw quadrangle. It stands 860 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Reedsville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Whitelaw quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Taus between 2018 and 2020, burning about 1 acre in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20 |
| 19 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 24 |
| 20 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 25 |
| 24 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 8 |
| 21 March 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 6 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Taus in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taus | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Taus. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Menchalville | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Cato | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| North Grimms | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Maple Grove | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Reifs Mills | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Grimms | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Whitelaw | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Kellnersville | 4.1 miles | 9 |
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 Taus | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7688936 | 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 1575262. 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.