Pennington, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Prentice town. It lies in ZIP code area 54556. The Survey maps it on the Pennington quadrangle. It stands 1,542 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1941 USGS Phillips quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Philliips quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Phillips quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Phillips quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Park Falls quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Pennington quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
48 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Pennington between 1993 and 2020, burning about 58 acres in total. 1 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 use | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2012 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HWY A |
| 1 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 July 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 July 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MOONSHINE ALLEY |
| 29 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BUICK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Pennington: 13 occurrences, 11 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice East Prospect | Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Aspen Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Beaver Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hay Creek Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Hay Creek Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Hay Creek Gravel Deposit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Hay Creek Gravel Deposit #4 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Hay Creek Gravel Pit # 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hay Creek Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hay Creek Gravel Pit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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.
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 Pennington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7163463 | 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 1577766. 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.







