Cedarville, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Wausaukee town. It lies in ZIP code area 54177. The Survey maps it on the Wausaukee North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 9 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.
- 1942 USGS Wausaukee quadrangle1:48000
- 1947 USGS Wausaukee quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Wausaukee quadrangle1:62500
- 1981 USGS Marinette quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Wausaukee North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
130 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Cedarville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 233 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 13 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 burning | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2001 | Other causes | 73 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ROCK FIRE |
| 6 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 August 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | RACCOON 2 FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Cedarville: 11 past producers, 8 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silvery Grey Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Amberg Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Holmes Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Amberg Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Birch Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Burdell Road Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Cedar Creek Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Downing Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Falls Park Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fence Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cedarville in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2012: 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Cedarville | $12,000 | This tornado was produced by the same supercell thunderstorm that produced the long-track tornado. The tornado tore a significant portion of the roof from one home, snapped a few trees and uprooted numerous others, and pushed a manufactured home off its foundation and down an embankment (DI 3, DOD 6). The tornado was rated EF1 with estimated winds of 100 to 105 mph. Average path width was 100 yards. |
| May 2012 | Funnel Cloud | Cedarville | - | A funnel cloud was reported by the Wisconsin DNR near the intersection of County Road C and Glendale Road, west of Wausaukee. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amberg | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Wausaukee | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Athelstane | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Beecher Lake | 8.0 miles | 11 | |
| Beecher | 9.3 miles | 11 | |
| Sweetheart City | 10.0 miles | 9 | |
| Middle Inlet | 11.2 miles | 9 | |
| White Pine Haven | 12.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1562873. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







