BlockWildwood, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Eau Galle town. The Survey maps it on the Baldwin East quadrangle. It stands 1,122 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1949 USGS Baldwin quadrangle1:62500, 2 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 Baldwin East quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Wildwood between 2018 and 2019, burning about 2 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19-5279 |
| 20 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19-3609 |
| 14 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19-2690 |
| 13 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19-2665 |
| 12 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18-2515 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Wildwood: 13 past producers, 5 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eau Galle River Dolomite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Spring Valley Dolomite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Spring Valley Dolomite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Spring Valley Dolomite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| St Croix Co Hwy Dept Spooner Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Baldwin Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Baldwin Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Baldwin Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lilly Hanson Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mill Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
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 Wildwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8001551 | 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 1581753. 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.