Hunting, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Grant town. It lies in ZIP code area 54486. The Survey maps it on the Marion quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1955 USGS Clintonville quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Marion quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Shawano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
61 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Hunting between 1992 and 2019, burning about 101 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.4 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MEISNER RD FIRE |
| 5 May 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MAPLE LANE |
| 5 May 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Hunting: 9 past producers, 6 occurrences. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meisner Road Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Donald Mielke Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Earl Mielke Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Gollnow Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Haase Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Island Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kersten Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Kersten Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kussmann Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Laatsch Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Split Rock | 3.2 miles | 7 | |
| Caroline | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Tigerton | 6.3 miles | 7 | |
| Leopolis | 8.9 miles | 7 | |
| Five Corners | 9.6 miles | 7 | |
| Tilleda | 9.7 miles | 7 | |
| Pella | 9.8 miles | 8 | |
| Whitcomb | 10.4 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.
| Wikipedia article on Hunting | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q12833526 | 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 1577651. 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.



