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Granite Quarry, Wisconsin

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Waupaca town. It lies in ZIP code area 54962. The Survey maps it on the Ogdensburg quadrangle. It stands 846 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Granite Quarry within Waupaca County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

In the county-history sources

360 words on this township

History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin, published 1890 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Waupaca Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Waupaca Town - 360 words.

Fires near this place

128 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Granite Quarry (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 171 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 2 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 burning46
Equipment and vehicle use32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Other causes6
Natural5
Fireworks4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
23 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesLITTLE FEATHER -1 FIRE
15 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesLITTLE FEATHER - 2 FIRE
15 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesLITTLE FEATHER - 3 FIRE
15 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesLITTLE FEATHER - 4 FIRE
14 September 2004Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesKNUTSON RD FIRE
6 August 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSAND LAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Waupaca County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Granite Quarry (historical): 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
A. Peterson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Elm Valley Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Waupaca 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
Ogdensburg3.1 miles8
Waupaca4.2 miles8
Scandinavia5.3 miles8
Baldwins Mill6.0 miles7
King6.8 miles8
Sheridan7.1 miles8
Iola7.1 miles7
Little Hope7.2 miles8

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 Granite Quarry (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5595911The 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 1850463. 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.