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Beecher, Wisconsin

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Beecher town. It lies in ZIP code area 54156. The Survey maps it on the Amberg quadrangle.

Beecher within Marinette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

208 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 208 fires within 5 miles of Beecher between 1992 and 2020, burning about 240 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 23 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined54
Equipment and vehicle use41
Debris and open burning35
Arson/incendiarism23
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Recreation and ceremony13
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Fireworks6
Smoking5
Other causes4
Natural3

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
4 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesFRIDAY FIRE
1 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 August 2005Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 August 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 August 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 August 2007Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 August 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder 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 Beecher: 12 past producers, 10 occurrences. None of them 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
Amberg Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Amberg Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Beecher Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Beecher Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Boshen Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dixon Lane Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Downing Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Headquarters Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Headquarters Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lindquist Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

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
Beecher Lake1.3 miles11
Pembine3.2 miles11
Amberg5.9 miles11
Kremlin (historical)9.0 miles11
Cedarville9.3 miles9
Dunbar10.3 miles10
White Pine Haven10.8 miles11
Athelstane12.5 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1561494. 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.