Mill Creek, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Marshall town. It lies in ZIP code area 53581. It lies near Laque Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Sabin quadrangle. It stands 791 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
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.
- 1933 USGS Boaz quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Boaz quadrangle1:62500
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Sabin quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Richland Center quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
52 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Mill Creek (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 194 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 6.6 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CO E AND ENGLISH RIDGE |
| 24 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | LIGHTNING FIRE |
| 8 June 1999 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 June 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 1992 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 May 1998 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Mill Creek (historical): 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bert Ray Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bosstown Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ewing Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Huth Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Motts Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Muldowney Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Wilson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sabin | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Bosstown | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| McGrew (historical) | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Boaz | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Sylvan | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Ashford (historical) | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Five Points | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Jimtown | 5.3 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 Mill Creek (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6858226 | 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 1958390. 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.







