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Pine Grove, Wisconsin

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Wheaton town. It lies in ZIP code area 54739. It stands on Big Elk Creek. The Survey maps it on the Colfax South quadrangle. It stands 899 feet above sea level.

Pine Grove within Chippewa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

9 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Pine Grove between 2018 and 2020, burning about 9 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning4

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
17 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18196
10 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19044
27 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19142
3 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19014
19 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources89
29 March 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18013
7 November 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20262
5 November 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20265

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chippewa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Pine Grove: 4 occurrences, 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Sherman QuarryStoneUnknown
Custer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Elk Creek Gravel Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Elk Creek Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Elk Creek Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Elk Creek Sand Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Elk Creek Sand Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Elk Mound Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Elk Mound Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lane PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Chippewa 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
Old Albertville3.0 miles13
Albertville4.5 miles13
Howard6.0 miles13
Pinehurst9.3 miles15
Lake Hallie10.2 miles15
Hallie10.5 miles15
Irvine11.3 miles15
Tilden12.6 miles9

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 Pine GroveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7195143The 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 1571447. 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.