May Corner, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Grover town. It lies in ZIP code area 54157. The Survey maps it on the Harmony quadrangle. It stands 653 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1939 USGS Porterfield quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Porterfield quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Porterfield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Marinette quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Harmony quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
94 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of May Corner between 1992 and 2019, burning about 52 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 42 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 August 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 July 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 July 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.6 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HOT BAILER |
| 9 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | WOODLUND RD FIRE |
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 May Corner: 1 unknown, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie Foster Inc.Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rade Macker Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Trout Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilcox | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Harmony | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Peshtigo | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Porterfield | 7.8 miles | 10 | |
| Bagley Junction | 8.1 miles | 10 | |
| Coleman | 9.8 miles | 10 | |
| Walsh | 10.1 miles | 10 | |
| Pound | 10.2 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 May Corner | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6796467 | 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 1569142. 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.







