BlockWolf Creek, Wisconsin
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Eureka town. It lies in ZIP code area 54024. It stands on Wolf Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cushing quadrangle. It stands 817 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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 Milltown quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Milltown quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Milltown SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Cushing quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Grantsburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
40 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Wolf Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 270 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 August 1996 | Smoking | 14 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | METAL FLAKE |
| 9 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Wolf Creek: 5 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 plant. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bass Lake Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Eureka Center Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Legoo Lake Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Manitou Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Nevers Dam Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Nevers Dam Road Sand & Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Osceola Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Simpson Lake Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| St Croix River Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Wolf Creek 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cushing | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Eureka Center | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Atlas | 8.9 miles | 16 | |
| Saint Croix Falls | 11.0 miles | 23 | |
| West Denmark | 11.3 miles | 16 | |
| Centuria | 11.5 miles | 22 | |
| Milltown | 11.5 miles | 16 | |
| Lamar | 12.1 miles | 22 |
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 Wolf Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8029816 | 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 1576928. 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.