Koepenick, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Upham town. It lies in ZIP code area 54424. The Survey maps it on the Kempster quadrangle. It stands 1,693 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1942 USGS Elcho quadrangle1:48000
- 1950 USGS Elcho quadrangle1:48000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Kempster quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Merrill quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
62 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Koepenick between 1992 and 2019, burning about 19 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | IN THE DITCH |
| 27 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 June 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 June 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BOGUS ROAD FIRE |
| 8 May 2003 | 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
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Koepenick: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Oak Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Koepenick Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Koepenick Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wooduck Springs 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Lake | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Kempster | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Elcho | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Deerbrook | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Ormsby | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| Neva | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Neva Corners | 8.1 miles | 9 | |
| Pearson | 8.2 miles | 10 |
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 Koepenick | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6425617 | 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 1577683. 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.





