BlockWorden, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Worden town. It lies in ZIP code area 54768. The Survey maps it on the Stanley quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1952 USGS Stanley quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Stanley NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Stanley quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Marshfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
34 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Worden (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 124 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 | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018031 |
| 30 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TIEMAN #2 FIRE |
| 30 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TIEMAN FIRE |
| 26 July 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TAILGATE |
| 4 May 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.2 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | WELLS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1837758. 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.