Baldwins Mill, Wisconsin
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Royalton town. It lies in ZIP code area 54983. The Survey maps it on the Manawa quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Weyauwega quadrangle1:48000
- 1969 USGS Manawa quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Appleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
77 words on this townshipHistory of Waupaca County, Wisconsin, published 1890 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Royalton Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Royalton Town - 77 words.
Fires near this place
141 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Baldwins Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 194 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 56 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | LITTLE FEATHER -1 FIRE |
| 15 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | LITTLE FEATHER - 2 FIRE |
| 15 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | LITTLE FEATHER - 3 FIRE |
| 15 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | LITTLE FEATHER - 4 FIRE |
| 10 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2002 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Baldwins Mill: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Peterson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Scheider Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Scheider Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Thiel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Wolf (historical) | 3.9 miles | 7 | |
| Weyauwega | 4.8 miles | 7 | |
| Royalton | 5.5 miles | 7 | |
| Manawa | 5.7 miles | 7 | |
| Ogdensburg | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Granite Quarry (historical) | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Ostrander | 6.5 miles | 7 | |
| Waupaca | 6.9 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1850402. 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.



