Campia, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Rice Lake town. It lies in ZIP code area 54868. It stands on Brill River. The Survey maps it on the Rice Lake North quadrangle. It stands 1,171 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 8 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.
- 1949 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:48000
- 1951 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1980 USGS Spooner quadrangle1:100000
- 1981 USGS Rice Lake North quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
17,358 words on this townshipHistory of Barron County Wisconsin, published 1922 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Rice Lake Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Rice Lake Town - 17,358 words.
Fires near this place
43 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Campia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 99 acres in total. None 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 | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.8 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 321 |
| 5 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 287 |
| 31 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.1 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 298 |
| 21 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 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 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Campia: 6 occurrences, 5 producers, 3 past producers. 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barron County Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| C. & R. Quillen Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Campia Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Crotteau | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Drew Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Evelyn Sorenson Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| H. P. Miller Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Henry Janecky Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kahl Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Red Cedar River Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Campia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14714421 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1562695. 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.






