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Kronenwetter, Wisconsin

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Kronenwetter Village. It stands on Sampson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Peplin quadrangle.

Kronenwetter within Marathon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

67 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Kronenwetter between 1992 and 2019, burning about 99 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
Equipment and vehicle use22
Debris and open burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1

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
9 July 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 July 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.8 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 July 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 July 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 July 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesTRAILER TIRE
25 June 1999Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 June 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marathon 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 Kronenwetter: 5 occurrences, 1 past producer. 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
Cedar Creek Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Gardner Park Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Happy Hollow Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Happy Hollow Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Nelson Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Wisconsin River Gravel Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Marathon 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
Evergreen2.9 miles10
Peplin2.9 miles10
Rothschild4.8 miles12
Weston5.2 miles12
Schofield6.1 miles12
Mosinee6.3 miles10
Kelly6.5 miles12
Callon6.9 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1986292. 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.