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Bashaw, Wisconsin

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Dewey town. It lies in ZIP code area 54871. The Survey maps it on the Poquettes Lake quadrangle.

Bashaw within Burnett County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

94 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Bashaw between 1992 and 2020, burning about 192 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 10 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 burning22
Equipment and vehicle use21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism10
Recreation and ceremony7
Other causes5
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks3
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
5 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSTALK CHOPPER
3 August 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesMANGELSEN HANK FIRE
3 August 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesMANGELSON RYE FIRE
15 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesWELD
15 August 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 August 2007Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Burnett County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Bashaw: 5 producers, 5 occurrences, 3 past producers, 1 prospect. 5 still produce. 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
Atkinson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bashaw Brook Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Bashaw Brook Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bly PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dewey PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hertel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
John Gurrner Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lawrence PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Peter Stafford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Sommerfeld PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Burnett 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
Hertel6.5 miles14
Timberland6.8 miles13
Coomer10.4 miles13
Siren16.9 miles14
Webb Lake17.0 miles8
Webster17.8 miles14
Oakland19.9 miles14
Yellow Lake20.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1843095. 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.