Anacker, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1990. It lies in ZIP code area 53901. It stands on Neenah Creek. The Survey maps it on the Endeavor quadrangle.

Anacker within Marquette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1902 USGS Portage quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Portage quadrangle1:62500
1984 USGS Endeavor quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Wisconsin Dells quadrangle1:100000
1990 USGS Wisconsin Dells quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

137 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Anacker between 1992 and 2020, burning about 251 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 10 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	48
Equipment and vehicle use	42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	22
Arson/incendiarism	10
Recreation and ceremony	5
Natural	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Fireworks	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
6 September 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	5.4 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
28 September 1995	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
21 September 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
1 September 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	TOW FIRE
7 August 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	I-39 MM 93
3 August 2019	Fireworks	1.2 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	FRENCH CREEK
24 August 1992	Equipment and vehicle use	6.3 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
22 August 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	WILCOX RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marquette County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Anacker: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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
	Doyle Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Marquette County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Endeavor	6.3 miles	12
Briggsville	7.8 miles	15
Douglas Center	7.9 miles	15
Buffalo Shore Estates	8.1 miles	12
Glen Oak	9.3 miles	12
Packwaukee	9.5 miles	10
Oxford	12.7 miles	11
Montello	13.2 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1577491. 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.