Maple Grove, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Franklin town. It lies in ZIP code area 54230. The Survey maps it on the Reedsville quadrangle. It stands 899 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Reedsville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Reedsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Reedsville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Maple Grove between 2018 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 09 |
| 22 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20 |
| 28 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018019 |
| 24 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 17 |
| 11 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 13 |
| 25 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 9 |
| 24 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 8 |
| 21 March 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 6 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Maple Grove: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grimm Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Grimm Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| O Connell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maple Grove in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2022: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2012 | Flash Flood | Maple Grove | $50,000 | Flash flooding shut down access to the Town of Rockwood. Three homes sustained basement damage from the flood. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Grove | - | Thunderstorms produced a wind gust to 74 mph. Thunderstorm winds also snapped a large pine tree in half and produced damage to machine shed doors. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Grimms | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Reedsville | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Grimms | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Taus | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Menchalville | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Cato | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Whitelaw | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Cato Falls | 6.5 miles | 10 |
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 Maple Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6753882 | The 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 1568970. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





