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Chase, Wisconsin

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Chase town. It lies in ZIP code area 54171. The Survey maps it on the Pulaski quadrangle.

Chase within Oconto County

On record in Chase

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

127 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Chase between 1992 and 2020, burning about 156 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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 burning56
Equipment and vehicle use20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism12
Recreation and ceremony7
Fireworks5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking4
Natural1
Other causes1

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
29 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 August 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 August 2020Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHIGH RIDGE
12 August 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSANDALWOOD ROAD FIRE
6 July 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 July 2002Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 July 2001Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oconto County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Chase: 5 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Peters QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kraczwski PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Paitz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Peters Trucking Co,Incperrets PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pierett PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Robiacke PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sampson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tri-County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Oconto County

Storms near this place

6 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chase in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2017Thunderstorm WindChase$25,000A farm building was heavily damaged and several trees were snapped or uprooted on property about two miles south of Chase. The damage was caused by thunderstorm winds estimated at least 70 mph in a wet microburst.
June 2024LightningChase$20,000A barn was destroyed by a fire started by lightning in the town of Chase.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindChase$2,000no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindChase-Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees near Sobieski.
July 2012HailChase-Hail to 2 inches in diameter fell west of Sobieski.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindChase-Large tree down in Town of Chase.

Every storm recorded in Oconto 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
South Chase2.0 miles6
Sampson3.6 miles8
Sobieski4.5 miles6
Morgan5.5 miles8
Sobieski Corners5.5 miles6
Abrams6.6 miles8
Little Suamico7.8 miles6
Brookside10.3 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1562960. 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.