McAllister, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Wagner town. It lies in ZIP code area 54177. The Survey maps it on the McAllister quadrangle. It stands 692 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 8 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.
- 1949 USGS Stephenson quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Stephenson quadrangle1:62500
- 1981 USGS Marinette quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Mc Allister quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
70 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of McAllister between 1993 and 2020, burning about 89 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 9 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 | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Other causes | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of McAllister: 8 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braeger Limestone Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Beetle Spot Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Boonies Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bridge Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cow Chip Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Edwards Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| High Ridge Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Krueger Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Packard 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wagner | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| Packard | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Goll | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Miles | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Rubys Corner | 10.3 miles | 9 | |
| Walsh | 10.4 miles | 10 | |
| Porterfield | 12.5 miles | 10 | |
| Wausaukee | 12.6 miles | 9 |
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 McAllister | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6799915 | 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 1569158. 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.






