Enterprise, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Enterprise town. It lies in ZIP code area 54463. It stands on Pine Needle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Enterprise quadrangle. It stands 1,627 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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 Parrish quadrangle1:48000
- 1950 USGS Parrish quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Parrish quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Enterprise quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Merrill quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
53 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Enterprise between 1992 and 2020, burning about 93 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 burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ESCAPE CAMPFIRE |
| 25 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | OLD ELCHO |
| 9 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 August 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2005 | 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 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Enterprise: 10 past producers, 5 occurrences. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Enterprise Lake Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Guths Bay Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lower First Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Moccasin Lake Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Moccasin Lake Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Otter Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pelican Lake Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Pelican Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pelican Lake Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
5 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Enterprise in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2017: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Enterprise | $75,000 | High winds from thunderstorms downed trees and power lines. Fallen trees significantly damaged a house and blocked two roads along the southwest shore of Pelican Lake. |
| May 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Enterprise | - | A brief tornado uprooted several hundred pine trees (DI 28, DOD 3) just north of Highway Q near the Oneida County/Langlade County line, about 9.5 miles west-southwest of Pelican Lake. The EF0 tornado was on the ground for less than a minute and had an average width of 100 yards. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Enterprise | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees near Enterprise. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Enterprise | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Enterprise | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pelican Lake | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Pratt Junction | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Monico | 7.7 miles | 8 | |
| Malvern | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Jennings | 9.9 miles | 9 | |
| Lennox | 9.9 miles | 9 | |
| Starks | 11.6 miles | 9 | |
| Roosevelt | 12.4 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 Enterprise | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5380277 | 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 1564671. 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.






