Corinth, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Johnson town. The Survey maps it on the Corinth quadrangle. It stands 1,430 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1902 USGS Marathon quadrangle1:125000
- 1951 USGS Athens quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Corinth quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Medford quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Corinth between 1995 and 2018, burning about 26 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 706 |
| 10 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BERN |
| 29 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 705 |
| 22 April 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 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 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Corinth: 9 past producers, 7 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Own Crews | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Apfelbeck Gneiss Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Athens Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Athens Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Athens Gravel Pit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Athens Gravel Pit #4 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Denzine Granite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Ellingson Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Frahm Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hackel Schist Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Corinth in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2023 | Hail | Corinth | - | Half dollar size hail fell near Athens. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milan | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Wuertsburg | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Athens | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Swan | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Schnappsville | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Poniatowski | 7.7 miles | 7 | |
| Cherokee | 8.1 miles | 12 | |
| Wien | 9.2 miles | 12 |
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 Corinth | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5170657 | 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 1563398. 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.





