Crescent Corner, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Crescent town. It lies in ZIP code area 54501. The Survey maps it on the Lake Julia quadrangle. It stands 1,588 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1940 USGS Rhinelander quadrangle1:48000
- 1949 USGS Rhinelander quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Rhinelander quadrangle1:62500
- 1982 USGS Lake Julia quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Rhinelander quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
117 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Crescent Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 40 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Great Lakes Agency | TOMAHWK C. |
| 31 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 August 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ESCAPE |
| 2 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 2007 | 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 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Crescent Corner: 6 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hat Rapids Flowage Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Hat Rapids Road Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Heal Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hixon Lake Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Lake Julia Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lake Julia Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lake Julia Gravel Pit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lake Julia Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lassig Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lincoln County Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodboro | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Rhinelander | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Newbold | 8.9 miles | 12 | |
| Manson (historical) | 9.1 miles | 12 | |
| Harshaw | 11.0 miles | 12 | |
| Malvern | 11.1 miles | 9 | |
| McNaughton | 11.6 miles | 12 | |
| Roosevelt | 11.6 miles | 9 |
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 Crescent Corner | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5184355 | 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 1577561. 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.






