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Kaiser, Wisconsin

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Lake town. It lies in ZIP code area 54552. The Survey maps it on the Butternut Lake quadrangle. It stands 1,499 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.

Kaiser within Price County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Kaiser (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 40 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Arson/incendiarism5
Other causes4
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
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
4 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 September 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 August 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 August 2007Arson/incendiarism3.9 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 July 1994Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Price County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Kaiser (historical): 6 past producers. 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
Betsy Creek Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Crowley Road Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lakeshore Drive Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Maple Ridge Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Park Falls Gravel Pit # 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wagner Road Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Price 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
Lymantown5.5 miles11
Kennedy5.6 miles12
Park Falls6.1 miles11
Fifield7.2 miles11
Lugerville9.6 miles10
Coolidge (historical)10.2 miles11
Phillips16.7 miles10
Cranberry Lake21.5 miles10

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 Kaiser (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6348363The 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 1833517. 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.