Anston, Wisconsin
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Pittsfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 54313. It stands on Potter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oneida North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Oneida North quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Shawano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Oneida North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
15 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Anston between 1994 and 2020, burning about 8 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 81281 |
| 1 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 73260 |
| 7 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BULLDOG |
| 6 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 59196 |
| 21 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ANOTHER DOG |
| 20 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18077 |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18061 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Anston: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKeefry & Sons,Inc | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Peters Trucking Corporation Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Anston in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 2017: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kunesh | 1.6 miles | 7 | |
| Mill Center | 2.0 miles | 7 | |
| Flintville | 3.0 miles | 6 | |
| Camelot Terrace | 4.3 miles | 6 | |
| Pittsfield | 4.7 miles | 7 | |
| Tremble | 5.0 miles | 6 | |
| Elm Tree Corners | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Cormier | 5.8 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1560889. 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.




