Flambeau Estates, Wisconsin
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Thornapple town. It lies in ZIP code area 54819. The Survey maps it on the Thornapple quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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.
- 1948 USGS Ladysmith quadrangle1:48000
- 1950 USGS Ladysmith quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Thornapple quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Bloomer quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
70 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Flambeau Estates between 1992 and 2018, burning about 66 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HWY E DB |
| 17 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 4.6 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | RIVER ROAD |
| 4 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | DAM RD FIRE |
| 2 June 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BOOT LAKE FIRE |
| 10 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | STUBBS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Flambeau Estates: 4 occurrences, 3 past producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amocoy Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bruce Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Chippewa River Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Highway Edge Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Port Arthur Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Running Water Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Swift Current Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rivers Edge | 1.0 miles | 7 | |
| Thornapple | 1.5 miles | 7 | |
| Port Arthur | 4.2 miles | 7 | |
| Bruce | 5.5 miles | 7 | |
| Apollonia | 6.0 miles | 7 | |
| Ladysmith | 8.1 miles | 7 | |
| Island Lake | 9.2 miles | 7 | |
| Conrath | 9.7 miles | 7 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122566268 | 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 2611837. 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.





