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Fancher, Wisconsin

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Stockton town. It lies in ZIP code area 54406. The Survey maps it on the Arnott quadrangle.

Fancher within Portage County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

174 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 174 fires within 5 miles of Fancher between 1992 and 2020, burning about 174 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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
Railroad operations and maintenance51
Debris and open burning45
Equipment and vehicle use33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Arson/incendiarism5
Fireworks4
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2
Other causes1

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
19 September 2009Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesWARD ROAD FIRE
12 September 2012Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSMOKEY RR FIRE #1
12 September 2012Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSMOKEY RR FIRE #2
9 August 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesFOUNTAIN GROVE HOLDOVER
8 August 2013Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSTOCKTON RR FIRE #9
8 August 2013Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSTOCKTON RR #4
8 August 2013Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSTOCKTON RR FIRE #5
8 August 2013Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSTOCKTON RR #3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Portage County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Fancher: 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Arnot PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Charneski PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gosh PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mengel Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Portage PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Somers Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Portage 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
Lake Emily (historical)2.9 miles6
Arnott3.3 miles6
Amherst Junction3.9 miles6
Custer3.9 miles7
Nelsonville4.6 miles6
Amherst5.4 miles6
Stockton5.5 miles7
New Hope7.0 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1564852. 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.