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Norske, Wisconsin

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Harrison town. It lies in ZIP code area 54945. It stands on Jackson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tigerton NW quadrangle. It stands 1,086 feet above sea level.

Norske within Waupaca County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

62 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Norske between 1994 and 2020, burning about 143 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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 burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Arson/incendiarism7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
2 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 August 2001Power generation/transmission/distribution1.1 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesNORSKE ROAD FIRE
4 July 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 July 2011Fireworks2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesMUCH ROAD CORNFIELD
18 July 2007Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 July 1995Recreation and ceremony1.4 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 June 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Waupaca County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Norske: 8 occurrences, 1 past producer. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Galloway Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Holt Creek Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
John Meronk Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Lorbiecki Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Moss Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Nellesen Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Swampside Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Swampside Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tushkowski Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Waupaca County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Northland4.0 miles7
Schmidt Corner5.7 miles7
Petersville (historical)8.0 miles7
Big Falls10.5 miles7
Iola10.8 miles7
Granite City (historical)11.6 miles8
Scandinavia13.5 miles8
Ogdensburg16.7 miles8

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 NorskeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7053466The 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 1570344. 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.