BlockMiddle River, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Amnicon town. It lies in ZIP code area 54874. The Survey maps it on the South Range quadrangle. It stands 1,047 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Poplar quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS South Range quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Port Wing quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
131 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Middle River between 1992 and 2020, burning about 88 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 44 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | LAMAR BILLBOARD |
| 11 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SKUNK FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Middle River: 11 occurrences, 6 past producers, 5 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chippewa Copper-Nickel Mine | Copper, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Chippewa Copper-Nickel Mine | Nickel, Silver, Gold, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Flannagan F | Copper, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Amnicon Falls Station Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Flannagan Fire Tower Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| George Larson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Robert Missine Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Sam Anderson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Aminicon | Copper | Unknown | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite | |
| Catlin | Copper | Unknown | Copper |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockmont | 1.3 miles | 8 | |
| Hines | 1.8 miles | 8 | |
| Amnicon Falls | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Wentworth | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Hillcrest | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Hawthorne | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| South Range | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Cutter | 5.4 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 Middle River | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6841557 | 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 2741527. 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.