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Franklin Hill, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Wausau City. It lies near Barkers Island. The Survey maps it on the Wausau East quadrangle.

Franklin Hill within Marathon County

On record in Franklin Hill

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 12 of 19 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Every listing in Marathon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Wausau city. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.

From History of Marathon County, Wisconsin and Representative Citizens, published 1913 - Wausau City

And Represextatre Citizens 271

In April, 1866, there was a high freshet which swept away the bridge (at the falls), went over the guardlock, and people living on Shingle street removed with their goods in time to escape destruction. The east end of the guardlock was swept away, the wall of water coming down washed out the street, tore away the pier under the slough bridge and also the conductor between the Clarke and Plumer's mill, a part of Clarke's mill, and some lumber and logs.

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In the county-history sources

13,120 words on this township

History of Marathon County, Wisconsin and Representative Citizens, published 1913 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Wausau City covers the township.

Read the chapter on Wausau City - 13,120 words.

Fires near this place

55 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Franklin Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 20 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use15
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
5 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources678
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
17 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources11260
13 July 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 July 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources10742

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marathon County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Franklin Hill: 4 unknowns, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, 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
Minnesota Mining & Mfg Co-GreystoneStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Stewart Avenue Granite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Own CrewsStoneUnknown
Sunburst QuarryStoneUnknown
Wimmer QuarryStoneUnknown
3m PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Kelly Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lotz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
East Hill0.2 miles12
Wausau0.7 miles12
Wausau Junction1.6 miles12
Schofield3.7 miles12
Kelly4.5 miles12
Rib Mountain4.6 miles12
Brokaw4.8 miles12
Rothschild5.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1844127. 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.