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Bagley Junction, Wisconsin

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Porterfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 54143. The Survey maps it on the Porterfield quadrangle.

Bagley Junction within Marinette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 10 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

113 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Bagley Junction between 1992 and 2019, burning about 114 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 burning44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use18
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony5
Other causes4
Fireworks4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural2
Smoking2

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
3 September 2007Railroad operations and maintenance2.2 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesCARVIOU LANDING FIRE
1 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 August 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 August 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 August 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 August 2000Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marinette County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Bagley Junction: 16 past producers, 3 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica. 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
Porterfield PitSilicaProducer
Behrens QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Jackie Foster Inc-Porterfield QyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Water Side Limestone PepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Brookside Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dancing Waters Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
East Oak Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jackie Foster Inc.PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mud Brook Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ok Valley Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marinette 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
Porterfield2.6 miles10
Rubys Corner2.9 miles9
Walsh2.9 miles10
Harmony4.5 miles10
Peshtigo5.8 miles9
Miles6.2 miles9
Marinette6.9 miles9
May Corner8.1 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1577500. 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.