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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.

Baldwins Mill within Waupaca County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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.

In the county-history sources

77 words on this township

History 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 1992

Regional 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 burning56
Equipment and vehicle use32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Railroad operations and maintenance14
Arson/incendiarism7
Other causes4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks2

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
18 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesLITTLE FEATHER -1 FIRE
15 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesLITTLE FEATHER - 2 FIRE
15 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesLITTLE FEATHER - 3 FIRE
15 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesLITTLE FEATHER - 4 FIRE
10 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 August 2002Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Waupaca County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
A. Peterson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Scheider MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Scheider PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Thiel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Waupaca 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
Little Wolf (historical)3.9 miles7
Weyauwega4.8 miles7
Royalton5.5 miles7
Manawa5.7 miles7
Ogdensburg5.8 miles8
Granite Quarry (historical)6.0 miles8
Ostrander6.5 miles7
Waupaca6.9 miles8

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.