BlockWickware, Wisconsin
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Prairie Lake town. The Survey maps it on the Dallas quadrangle. It stands 1,201 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Barron quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Bloomer quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
25 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Wickware between 1993 and 2020, burning about 19 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2059 |
| 25 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.2 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 June 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 12 |
| 10 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TURKEY BARN |
| 7 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1847 |
| 6 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 11TH AVE |
| 5 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1846 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Wickware: 11 past producers, 10 occurrences, 6 producers, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Mork Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Arthur Mork Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Arthur Overgaard Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Barron Co. Hwy. Dept. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Barron County Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Barron Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Bernard Stewart Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Cameron Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Cameron Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cameron Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 Wickware | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7998463 | 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 1576713. 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.