Park Place Homes, Wisconsin
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Superior City. It lies in ZIP code area 54880. The Survey maps it on the Superior quadrangle.
On record in Park Place Homes
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 10 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Trade and Commerce Buildinglisted 1979 · 0.2 miles away
New York Blocklisted 1985 · 0.7 miles away
New Jersey Buildinglisted 1983 · 0.7 miles away- Berkshire Blocklisted 1985 · 0.5 miles away
- Empire Blocklisted 1985 · 0.6 miles away
- Maryland Blocklisted 1985 · 0.6 miles away
- Douglas County Courthouselisted 1982 · 0.6 miles away
- Wemyss Buildinglisted 1985 · 0.6 miles away
- Minnesota Block-Board of Trade Bldg.listed 1985 · 0.8 miles away
- Washington Blocklisted 1985 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1915 USGS Superior quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Superior quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Superior quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Superior quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Superior quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
35 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Park Place Homes between 1995 and 2020, burning about 53 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2017 | Fireworks | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 July 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 June 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Park Place Homes: 4 plants, 4 producers, 1 unknown. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Superior Refinery--Murphy Oil Co | Sulfur | Plant | ||
| Albany Crushing Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Albany Crushing Plant Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Arrowhead Blacktop Co | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mailing Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mclean Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Smith Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Superior Grinding Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Superior Lime Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| Central Park | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Billings Park | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| East End | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| South Superior | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Allouez | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Superior Village | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Riverview | 6.0 miles | 20 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122557772 | The 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 1846565. 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.







