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Dobie, Wisconsin

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Hawthorne town. It lies in ZIP code area 54849. The Survey maps it on the Poplar quadrangle. It stands 1,138 feet above sea level.

Dobie within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

65 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Dobie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 113 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning16
Equipment and vehicle use13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks2
Smoking1

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
6 September 1998Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesCOUNTY B/53 FIRE
13 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 July 2007Equipment and vehicle use20 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 July 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesLINE FIRE
12 July 1998Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Dobie: 9 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
North WisconsinCopperUnknownCopper
Stupac PitStoneProducer
Anthony Jacksino PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Berg Park PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Berry Rd Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Cecil Williams Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Douglas County Farmers' Union PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Erickson-Harstad PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Larson Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Lindquist PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Hawthorne3.4 miles8
Poplar4.0 miles8
Hillcrest5.2 miles8
Wentworth5.3 miles8
Hines5.6 miles8
Lake Nebagamon5.6 miles12
Middle River5.9 miles8
Bennett6.0 miles10

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 DobieAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5286583The 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 1577574. 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.