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Little Rose, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Eau Pleine town. The Survey maps it on the Little Rose quadrangle. It stands 1,322 feet above sea level.

Little Rose within Marathon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

4 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Little Rose between 1994 and 2020, burning about 7 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/undetermined2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1

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 May 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources60
25 March 1994Misuse of fire by a minor5.5 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 December 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2012045
4 November 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2032

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marathon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Little Rose: 15 occurrences, 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
John Serve Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
March Rapids Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
March Rapids Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Stratford Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Arthur Lau Granite DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Equity Street Granite Deposit #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Equity Street Granite Deposit #2Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Equity Street Granite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Little Rose Granite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Macarthur Street Granite DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

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
Staadts (historical)3.1 miles12
March Rapids3.2 miles12
McMillan4.1 miles11
Weber4.5 miles12
Stratford4.8 miles12
Spencer7.3 miles11
Mann7.4 miles11
Cherokee7.4 miles12

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 Little RoseAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6651787The 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 1568390. 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.