BlockAdams Beach, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Belle Plaine town. It lies in ZIP code area 54929. The Survey maps it on the Embarrass quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1955 USGS Embarrass quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Embarrass quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Shawano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
52 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Adams Beach between 1994 and 2020, burning about 82 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PALMER RD |
| 21 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SMOKING BARREL |
| 2 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | JEPSON |
| 19 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 819181 |
| 17 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2019134 |
| 16 August 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Adams Beach: 8 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Beach Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Apple Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Apple Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Deger Lane Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Embarrass Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kriewaldt Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Marquardt Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pella Opening Road Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ranch Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| River Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1560682. 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.