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Kremlin, Wisconsin

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Pembine town. It lies in ZIP code area 54151. It lies near Pemebonwon Islands. The Survey maps it on the Faithorn quadrangle. It stands 843 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.

Kremlin within Marinette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

37 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Kremlin (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 58 acres in total. None 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/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony5
Debris and open burning4
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
15 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 August 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHALF MILE IN
6 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 July 2008Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 July 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 July 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 July 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 July 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSTILLWATER FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marinette 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 Kremlin (historical): 4 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gaf Corp. Kremlin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Echo Lake Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Echo Lake Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kimlark Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Kimlark Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Timms Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marinette 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
White Pine Haven6.6 miles11
Pembine7.8 miles11
Beecher9.0 miles11
Beecher Lake9.9 miles11
Niagara11.5 miles11
Amberg12.9 miles11
Cedarville15.5 miles9
Dunbar17.3 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 Kremlin (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6436714The 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 1577684. 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.