Amberg, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Amberg town. It lies in ZIP code area 54102. It stands on North Branch Pike River. The Survey maps it on the Amberg quadrangle.
On record in Amberg
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Amberg Town Halllisted 1981
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1939 USGS Pembine quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Pembine quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Pembine quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Amberg quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
154 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Amberg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 186 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 11 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 | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 32 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FRIDAY FIRE |
| 17 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2001 | Other causes | 73 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ROCK FIRE |
| 6 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 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 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Amberg: 8 past producers, 5 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silvery Grey Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Amberg Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Holmes Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Amberg Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Amberg Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Amberg Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Boshen Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Burdell Road Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Cedar Creek Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Downing Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Amberg in 4 storm reports between 2002 and 2020: 4 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Hail | Amberg | - | Nickel size hail fell near Amberg. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Amberg | - | Thunderstorms dropped quarter size hail near Amberg. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Amberg | - | Quarter size hail fell at Amberg. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Amberg | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedarville | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Beecher Lake | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Beecher | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Athelstane | 7.7 miles | 8 | |
| Pembine | 9.1 miles | 11 | |
| Wausaukee | 9.4 miles | 9 | |
| White Pine Haven | 11.4 miles | 11 | |
| Kremlin (historical) | 12.9 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1560815. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







