Oak Ridge Estates, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Spring Green town. It lies in ZIP code area 53588. It lies near Metcalf Island. The Survey maps it on the Spring Green quadrangle.
On record in Oak Ridge Estates
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Samuel and Nina Marcus Houselisted 2018 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1905 USGS Richland Center quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Spring Green quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Spring Green quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Richland Center quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
122 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Oak Ridge Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 133 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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 | 48 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1996 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MERCER ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Oak Ridge Estates: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Spring Green 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Green | 0.8 miles | 11 | |
| Plain | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Black Hawk | 10.7 miles | 19 | |
| Loreta | 12.2 miles | 11 | |
| Witwen | 13.0 miles | 19 | |
| Leland | 13.4 miles | 19 | |
| Denzer | 15.8 miles | 19 | |
| Sandusky | 16.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2612466. 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.







