BlockBefore

Evergreen, Wisconsin

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Kronenwetter Village. The Survey maps it on the Mosinee quadrangle.

Evergreen within Marathon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

117 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Evergreen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 100 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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
Equipment and vehicle use32
Debris and open burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Arson/incendiarism14
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1

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
11 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 July 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 July 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 July 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesFAWN RD.
28 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.8 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 July 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 July 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marathon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Evergreen: 6 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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
Thurber Granite PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Wimmer PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cedar Creek Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Gardner Park Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Happy Hollow Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Happy Hollow Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mosinee Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Nelson Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Rothschild Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Rothschild Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marathon 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
Kronenwetter2.9 miles10
Rothschild3.2 miles12
Peplin4.0 miles10
Mosinee4.9 miles10
Schofield5.0 miles12
Rib Mountain5.2 miles12
Weston5.8 miles12
Kelly6.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1867657. 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.