Billings Park, Wisconsin
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Superior City. It lies in ZIP code area 54880. The Survey maps it on the Superior quadrangle.
On record in Billings Park
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.
- Washington Blocklisted 1985 · 1.0 miles away
- Minnesota Block-Board of Trade Bldg.listed 1985 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1915 USGS Superior quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Superior quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Superior quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Superior quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Superior quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
73 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Billings Park between 1995 and 2020, burning about 83 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2017 | Fireworks | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 July 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Billings Park: 4 plants, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Superior Refinery--Murphy Oil Co | Sulfur | Plant | ||
| Smith Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Superior Grinding Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Superior Lime Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Albany Crushing Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Albany Crushing Plant Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Mailing Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mclean Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Park Place Homes | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Central Park | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| East End | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| South Superior | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Riverview | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| Superior Village | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Oliver | 5.6 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1561794. 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.







