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Buckbee, Wisconsin

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Larrabee town. It lies in ZIP code area 54929. It stands on North Branch Pigeon River. The Survey maps it on the Clintonville North quadrangle.

Buckbee within Waupaca County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

In the county-history sources

643 words on this township

History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin, published 1890 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Larrabee Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Larrabee Town - 643 words.

Fires near this place

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Buckbee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 69 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning30
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
26 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 July 2020Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesBUCKBEE RD FIRE
16 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 June 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesBUCKBEE CAR FIRE
4 May 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 May 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesISLAND RD.
17 May 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 May 2008Arson/incendiarism1.7 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Waupaca County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Buckbee: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 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
Draheim PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Earl Mielke Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Gollnow Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kussmann Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Strehlow Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Westphal PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Waupaca 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
Marion3.2 miles8
Clintonville4.3 miles8
Marble (historical)6.3 miles8
Embarrass6.9 miles8
Nicholson8.1 miles8
Granite City (historical)8.3 miles8
Bear Creek Corners9.4 miles7
Big Falls9.9 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1577529. 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.