Imalone, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Thornapple town. It lies in ZIP code area 54848. The Survey maps it on the Crane quadrangle. It stands 1,119 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 Exeland quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Exeland quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Crane quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Spooner quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
64 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Imalone between 1994 and 2018, burning about 93 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2013 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | THORNAPPLE RD. FIRE |
| 25 July 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 June 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 June 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 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 Imalone: 12 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flambeau Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead | Producer | 1968, 1993 | |
| Buff Creek Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Cathedral Point Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Clear Creek Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Clear Creek Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| High Range Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Imalone Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Imalone Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| L. Thornapple River Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Meandering Hills 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murry | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Bruce | 7.0 miles | 7 | |
| Apollonia | 8.1 miles | 7 | |
| Ladysmith | 9.0 miles | 7 | |
| Port Arthur | 9.2 miles | 7 | |
| Thornapple | 9.8 miles | 7 | |
| Flambeau Estates | 11.3 miles | 7 | |
| Rivers Edge | 12.3 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 Imalone | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6003022 | 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 1577655. 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.





