Atkins, Wisconsin

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Hiles town. It lies in ZIP code area 54511. It stands on Wildcat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Monico NE quadrangle.

Atkins within Forest County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

1940 USGS Monico quadrangle1:48000
1950 USGS Monico quadrangle1:48000
1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1965 USGS Monico NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1989 USGS Rhinelander quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

23 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Atkins between 1992 and 2018, burning about 37 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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
Arson/incendiarism	7
Debris and open burning	5
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Smoking	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Fireworks	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
13 July 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest	VETTE
11 July 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest	HAY BALE
1 July 2002	Fireworks	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
8 May 1992	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest	not named
5 May 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
31 May 2009	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest	LEYLAND
20 May 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest	CRAFTSMAN
16 May 2004	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest	HERMAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Forest County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Atkins: 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Duffek Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gagen Gravel Pit #2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Pine Lake Gravel Deposit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Forest 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
Hiles	3.6 miles	11
Wisconsin Junction	6.0 miles	11
Argonne	7.6 miles	11
Crandon	9.1 miles	11
Nashville	9.8 miles	9
Mole Lake	13.0 miles	10
Keith (historical)	13.1 miles	11
Newald	17.6 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1578675. 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.