BlockTell, Wisconsin
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Alma town. It lies in ZIP code area 54610. It stands on Wertgers Creek. The Survey maps it on the Modena quadrangle. It stands 686 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 19 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.
- 1932 USGS Alma quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Alma quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Modena quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Winona quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Tell in 2018, burning about 20 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018013 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 45 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 45 workings within 5 miles of Tell: 23 occurrences, 19 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Own Crews | Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Alma High School Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Bruce Bauer Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Buffalo River Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Buffalo River Sand Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Capps Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Glen Michael Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Michaels Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tell Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Averbeck Road Dolomite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tell in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2026: 2 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2012 | Hail | Tell | $3,500 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Tell | - | The public reported ping pong ball sized hail roughly 2 miles west of Tell. |
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Tell | - | A mudslide pushed water onto State Highway 37 southwest of the intersection with County Road N. A 24 hour total (ending at 6 a.m. CST) of 3.37 inches of rain was reported at Alma Lock and Dam 4. |
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 Tell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7697361 | 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 1577852. 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.
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.