BlockWoodland Corner, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Blaine town. It lies in ZIP code area 54830. It stands on Glendenning Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dairyland quadrangle. It stands 1,037 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.
- 1949 USGS Webb Lake quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Webb Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Sandstone quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Dairyland quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
31 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Woodland Corner between 1993 and 2020, burning about 26 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BIG MCGRAW ROAD FIRE |
| 14 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | DAIRYLIGHT |
| 5 July 2014 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BLUEBERRY |
| 5 July 1997 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 July 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BLOMBERG FIRE |
| 3 June 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 Woodland Corner: 6 occurrences, 3 past producers, 1 producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase Creek Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Chase Creek Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Glendenning Creek Sand Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Glendenning Creek Sand Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Riverside Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Riverside Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Riverside Pit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Riverside Pit #4 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Swamp Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Woodtick Pit | 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 Woodland Corner | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8032825 | 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 1577892. 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.