Tuscobia, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Oak Grove town. It lies in ZIP code area 54868. It stands on Little Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Haugen quadrangle. It stands 1,184 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1951 USGS Shell Lake quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Shell Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Spooner quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Haugen quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Tuscobia between 1993 and 2020, burning about 37 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 321 |
| 5 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 287 |
| 12 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 298 |
| 9 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BARE LAKE FIRE |
| 4 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 15TH STREET |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 192 |
| 29 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 191 |
| 23 April 2012 | Other causes | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HAUGEN LAKE CABIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Tuscobia: 8 occurrences, 5 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Kunesh Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Albert Kunesh Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| E. & G. Novak Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Evelyn Sorenson Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| H. P. Miller Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Haugen Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Henry Janecky Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Red Cedar River Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Richard Richter Sand Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Richard Richter Sand Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tuscobia in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2010: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 2010 | Heavy Rain | Tuscobia | - | An observer measured 4.40 inches of rainfall since 7 am. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tuscobia | - | Pine trees and power poles downed near Rice Lake. |
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 Tuscobia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7856723 | 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 1575748. 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.





