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Hamples Corner, Wisconsin

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Center town. It lies in ZIP code area 54913. The Survey maps it on the Appleton quadrangle. It stands 793 feet above sea level.

Hamples Corner within Outagamie County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

12 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Hamples Corner between 2008 and 2020, burning about 9 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined7
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
30 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20GV003
15 July 2018Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesCF00059
14 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2001020
13 May 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20GV002
11 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20GV002
29 April 2018Debris and open burning3.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources9000107
2 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources11

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Outagamie County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Hamples Corner: 9 past producers, 3 producers. 3 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
Cizmon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mackville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Quarry No 2 Van SchyndelStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rock Road Blue Bell QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rocky Road QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dobrinska Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
J Samson Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kurey Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Laird Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Laird Road Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Outagamie 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
Mackville3.2 miles10
Center Valley3.6 miles8
Twelve Corners4.1 miles8
Greenville4.8 miles8
Binghamton5.2 miles8
Apple Creek5.6 miles9
Bell Heights5.8 miles10
Stephensville6.0 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 Hamples CornerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5646014The 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 1577626. 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.