Nashville, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Nashville town. It lies in ZIP code area 54520. The Survey maps it on the Nashville quadrangle. It stands 1,703 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1940 USGS Monico quadrangle1:48000
- 1950 USGS Monico quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rhinelander quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
92 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Nashville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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 | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PILE |
| 9 July 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Great Lakes Agency | IND SET RD |
| 4 July 2009 | Fireworks | under an acre | Great Lakes Agency | BALL DIAMOND |
| 3 July 1995 | Fireworks | under an acre | Great Lakes Agency | 64 |
| 2 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 July 2005 | 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
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Nashville: 5 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mole Lake Prospect | Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold | Unknown | ||
| Wolf River Prospect | Zinc, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Forest County Highway Dept Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lake Metonga Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Lake Metonga Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mud Creek Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pergande Road Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pergande Road Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Steephill Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Twin Waters Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mole Lake | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Crandon | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| Keith (historical) | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Atkins | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Wisconsin Junction | 11.0 miles | 11 | |
| Argonne | 12.2 miles | 11 | |
| Woodlawn | 12.5 miles | 11 | |
| Hiles | 12.7 miles | 11 |
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 Nashville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6966937 | 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 1577741. 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.





