Hauer, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Sand Lake town. It lies in ZIP code area 54876. It stands on Hauer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hauer quadrangle. It stands 1,339 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1944 USGS Couderay quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Couderay quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Hauer quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Spooner quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
76 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Hauer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 104 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 6 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 | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Great Lakes Agency | COUDERAY |
| 1 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 July 2012 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CELEBRATION |
| 8 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 June 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MUSKY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Hauer: 6 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly Lake Quartzite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Billy Boy Flowage Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Blackberry Lane Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Camp Fire Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Couderay River Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Devils Creek Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Hungry Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Summit Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Summit Lake Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hauer in 1 storm report in 2014: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2014 | Hail | Hauer | - | The hail was reported from Long Lake. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgewater | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Stone Lake | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Yarnell | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Lemington | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Reserve | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Wooddale | 8.1 miles | 8 | |
| Couderay | 8.1 miles | 9 | |
| Northwoods Beach | 8.3 miles | 9 |
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 Hauer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5682324 | 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 1577631. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





