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Oakridge, Wisconsin

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Isabelle town. It lies in ZIP code area 54723. It lies near Warrentown Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Bay City quadrangle. It stands 1,112 feet above sea level.

Oakridge within Pierce County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

6 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Oakridge between 1992 and 2018, burning about 33 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
31 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources0LF1811
3 May 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 April 2018Debris and open burning13 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources0LF1811
14 April 1998Debris and open burning9.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 March 2010Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 March 1994Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pierce County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Oakridge: 7 occurrences, 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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
Bay City Sand Co Bay City MineSilicaProducer
Bridge Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Funk Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Red Wing PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Steffen Hagen Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Warrentown Coulee Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Warrentown Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Bay City Limestone DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Bridge Road Limestone DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Creek Road Limestone DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Pierce 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
Warrentown2.1 miles15
Bay City2.9 miles16
Salem3.1 miles15
Esdaile3.2 miles16
Maiden Rock4.9 miles15
Hager City7.6 miles15
Pucketville7.7 miles15
Snows Corner8.0 miles15

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 OakridgeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7074189The 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 1577759. 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.