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Maine, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Maine Village. The Survey maps it on the Brokaw quadrangle.

Maine 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

45 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Maine between 1992 and 2018, burning about 31 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Debris and open burning15
Equipment and vehicle use15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1
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
5 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHWY K FIRE
30 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHWY A FIRE
15 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 July 2012Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesROMAN CANDLE FIRE
15 July 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 July 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 June 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesMIDDLE OF THE ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marathon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Maine: 11 occurrences, 7 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite. 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
Anderson Brothers and Johnson Co.GranitePast Producer
Rib Mountain QuarryGraniteProducer
Ruby Red QuarryGraniteProducer
3m PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dale Howard Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fourth Avenue Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Granite Heights Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Granite Heights Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lotz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Creek Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Brokaw2.0 miles12
Taegesville2.3 miles12
Granite Heights3.5 miles12
Mount View5.6 miles12
Wausau5.7 miles12
Franklin Hill5.9 miles12
East Hill6.0 miles12
Naugart6.2 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2783852. 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.