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Bell Heights, Wisconsin

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Appleton City. It lies in ZIP code area 54911. The Survey maps it on the Appleton quadrangle.

Bell Heights within Outagamie County

On record in Bell Heights

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

30 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Bell Heights between 2018 and 2020, burning about 13 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined18
Smoking4
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
15 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20CL029
1 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesAP00565
7 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesAP00199
6 July 2018Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources9000084
3 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1386
25 July 2018Smoking1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18BU001
15 July 2018Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesCF00059
25 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources5000049

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Outagamie County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Bell Heights: 6 past producers, 3 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Perlite. 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
Midwest Perlite Co.PerlitePlant
Own CrewsStoneUnknown
Badger Highway Menasha QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Curtiss QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Jorgenson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Kurey Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mackville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mccarthy Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Monnot QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
R Evers Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Outagamie 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
Appleton1.3 miles10
Whispering Pines1.7 miles10
Apple Creek3.8 miles9
Kimberly4.1 miles9
Mackville4.4 miles10
Little Chute5.2 miles9
Combined Locks5.5 miles9
Hamples Corner5.8 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1561526. 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.