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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.

Oak Ridge Estates within Sauk County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

122 since 1992

Regional 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 burning48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Equipment and vehicle use19
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking4
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
9 September 1996Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesMERCER ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sauk County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Larson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Spring Green Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Sauk 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
Spring Green0.8 miles11
Plain7.8 miles11
Black Hawk10.7 miles19
Loreta12.2 miles11
Witwen13.0 miles19
Leland13.4 miles19
Denzer15.8 miles19
Sandusky16.0 miles11

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.