BlockWarrentown, Wisconsin
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Maiden Rock town. It lies in ZIP code area 54750. It lies in Warrentown Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Maiden Rock quadrangle. It stands 709 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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 Maiden Rock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Maiden Rock quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Maiden Rock quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Warrentown between 1992 and 2019, burning about 34 acres 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 0LF1811 |
| 3 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 May 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 0LF1811 |
| 24 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Warrentown: 7 occurrences, 6 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Industrial/Frac Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maiden Rock Mine | Sand and Gravel, Industrial/Frac Sand | Producer | 1920 | |
| Bay City Sand Co Bay City Mine | Silica | Producer | ||
| Goodhue County Sand Deposit No 2 | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Bay City Limestone Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Esdaile Limestone Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Kassac Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Maiden Rock Limestone Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Maiden Rock Limestone Quarry #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Maiden Rock Limestone Quarry #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Frontenac Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 Warrentown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7970678 | 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 1576223. 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.