Petersville, Wisconsin
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Iola town. It lies in ZIP code area 54945. It stands on Griffin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Iola quadrangle. It stands 988 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Tigerton quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Iola quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Wausau quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
85 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Petersville (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 87 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 burning | 42 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | G-GG FIRE |
| 17 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BREKKE LAKE |
| 4 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 2012 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TRESNESS RD. |
| 29 July 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MAPLE BRANCH |
| 18 July 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iola | 3.5 miles | 7 | |
| Northland | 4.1 miles | 7 | |
| Schmidt Corner | 5.5 miles | 7 | |
| Scandinavia | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Norske | 8.0 miles | 7 | |
| Sheridan | 9.9 miles | 8 | |
| Ogdensburg | 10.0 miles | 8 | |
| Big Falls | 10.3 miles | 7 |
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 Petersville (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7178285 | 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 1850537. 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.



