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Madge, Wisconsin

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Madge town. It lies in ZIP code area 54870. The Survey maps it on the Nobleton quadrangle. It stands 1,293 feet above sea level.

Madge within Washburn County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 8 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

57 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Madge between 1993 and 2020, burning about 122 acres in total. 2 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
Debris and open burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use12
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2
Other causes1

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 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 August 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesPLACID BAY FIRE
17 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 July 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 July 2006Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 July 2006Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 June 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washburn County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Madge: 8 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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
Eric Hinkfuss Clay DepositClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
A. A. Pinter Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Carl Benson Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Elmer Weideman Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Joseph J. Lalich Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Morris & V. Anderson Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Mud Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Washburn County Gravel Deposit #7Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Washburn 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
Nobleton4.7 miles8
Sarona5.0 miles9
Beaver Brook6.1 miles8
Chicago Junction9.5 miles8
Spooner10.2 miles8
Birchwood10.4 miles8
Shell Lake10.7 miles8
Earl11.5 miles8

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 MadgeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6727179The 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 1577861. 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.