McNaughton, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Newbold town. It lies in ZIP code area 54501. The Survey maps it on the McNaughton quadrangle. It stands 1,572 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Cassian quadrangle1:48000, 4 printings
- 1942 USGS Cassian quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Heafford Junction quadrangle1:62500
- 1982 USGS Mc Naughton quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Rhinelander quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
94 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of McNaughton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 50 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Other causes | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 August 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 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 McNaughton: 5 occurrences, 4 past producers. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Lake Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Black Lake Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Fawn Lake Road Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Newbold Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Newbold Creek Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Newbold Spring Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Silverbass Lake Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Two Sisters Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Two Sisters Lake 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newbold | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Lake Tomahawk | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Sunflower | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Goodnow | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Harshaw | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Woodboro | 8.6 miles | 12 | |
| Rhinelander | 9.6 miles | 9 | |
| Hazelhurst | 10.9 miles | 12 |
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 McNaughton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6802492 | 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 1577718. 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.






