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Apple Creek, Wisconsin

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Appleton City. It lies in ZIP code area 54913. The Survey maps it on the Kaukauna quadrangle.

Apple Creek within Outagamie County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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.

Fires near this place

24 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Apple Creek between 2018 and 2020, burning about 14 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
15 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20CL029
1 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesAP00565
30 July 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources36
25 July 2018Smoking1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18BU001
15 July 2018Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesCF00059
25 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources5000049
19 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2020042
14 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2001020

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Outagamie County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Apple Creek: 7 past producers, 3 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Perlite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Midwest Perlite Co.PerlitePlant
Own CrewsStoneUnknown
Kurey Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
R Evers Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Van Handel Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Van Handel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Brun-Van Hoof QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cizmon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Freedom QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
G Bruhn Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Outagamie 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Mackville2.5 miles10
Whispering Pines3.2 miles10
Bell Heights3.8 miles10
Kimberly4.1 miles9
Little Chute4.3 miles9
Murphy Corner4.7 miles8
Appleton4.9 miles10
Combined Locks5.2 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1560902. 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.