Beaver, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Beaver town. It lies in ZIP code area 54114. It stands on North Branch Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Crivitz quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1941 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:48000
- 1950 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Crivitz quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Wabeno quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
97 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Beaver between 1992 and 2019, burning about 174 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 41 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HIGHWAY 64 |
| 12 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CHERRY TREE |
| 7 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 24TH ROAD FIRE |
| 7 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 July 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 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
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Beaver: 14 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lake Township Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Left Foot Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Little Hump Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Parkside Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Peshtigo River Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Peshtigo River Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pound Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pound Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Road Bend Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beaver in 5 storm reports between 2001 and 2014: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaver | - | Thunderstorm winds, estimated at 65 mph, downed trees in southwest Marinette County, around Beaver. The time of this report is estimated. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaver | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Beaver. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaver | - | no account filed |
| September 2004 | Hail | Beaver | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaver | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pound | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Coleman | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Crivitz | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Loomis | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Middle Inlet | 10.7 miles | 9 | |
| May Corner | 10.8 miles | 10 | |
| Harmony | 10.8 miles | 10 | |
| Porterfield | 11.9 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1561419. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






