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Paac Ciinak, Wisconsin

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Wittenberg town. It lies in ZIP code area 54499. It stands on Packard Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wittenberg quadrangle.

Paac Ciinak within Shawano County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

99 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Paac Ciinak between 1992 and 2020, burning about 141 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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
Equipment and vehicle use27
Debris and open burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 September 1998Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 August 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 July 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesFIREWORKS PARTY
24 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use3.3 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHALF MILE
16 July 1997Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 July 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSCHOOL HOUSE ASPEN FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shawano County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Paac Ciinak: 10 occurrences, 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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
Albert Fandrey Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Bernard Fuller Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Birnamwood Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Eland Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Eland Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kingbird Lane Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Packard Creek Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Railroad Creek Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Reissmann Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Riverside Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Shawano 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
Wittenberg2.2 miles7
Shepley2.5 miles7
Eland3.6 miles7
Whitcomb5.3 miles7
Birnamwood6.2 miles7
Five Corners6.5 miles7
Regina7.3 miles7
Bowler8.9 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2807529. 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.