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Katinka Village, Wisconsin

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Presque Isle town. It lies in ZIP code area 54557. The Survey maps it on the Papoose Lake quadrangle. It stands 1,657 feet above sea level.

Katinka Village within Vilas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

42 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Katinka Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 33 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined16
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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
6 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 July 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 June 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesPROCESSOR FIRE
20 June 2009Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesW & O
19 June 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesOWEN ROAD POWERLINE FIRE
16 June 2013Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHWY P
9 May 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Vilas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Katinka Village: 5 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 occurrences. 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
Big Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Boot Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Carlin Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Little Papoose Lake Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Little Papoose Lake Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Palmer Rd Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Palmer Rd Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Rainbow Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Van Vliet Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Winchester Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

Every working recorded in Vilas 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
Presque Isle4.8 miles17
Winchester5.3 miles15
Manitowish Waters6.6 miles15
Boulder Junction10.4 miles17
Lac du Flambeau16.9 miles15
Marlands17.1 miles12
Sayner20.7 miles13
Star Lake20.9 miles14

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 Katinka VillageAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6377620The 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 1833708. 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.