BlockZion, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Omro town. It lies in ZIP code area 54904. The Survey maps it on the Pickett quadrangle. It stands 846 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1956 USGS Rosendale quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Fond Du Lac quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Pickett quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
17 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Zion between 2003 and 2020, burning about 409 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 205595 |
| 10 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 284 |
| 7 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 184525 |
| 26 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 185073 |
| 24 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 89 |
| 22 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018028 |
| 25 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 201819 |
| 13 May 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Menominee Tribe | CTY M WEST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Zion: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheppard Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Johnson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Peters 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fitzgerald | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Fisk | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Leonards Point | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Highland Shore | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Reighmoor | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Melrose Park | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Oakwood | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Elo | 4.7 miles | 9 |
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 Zion | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8072477 | 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 1577899. 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.