Pine River, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Pine River town. It lies in ZIP code area 54452. It stands on Pine River. The Survey maps it on the Pine Dells quadrangle. It stands 1,250 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1899 USGS Wausau quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Wausau quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Merrill quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Merrill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Pine Dells quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Merrill quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
107 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Pine River between 1992 and 2020, burning about 76 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.4 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | POPPIN POPPLE |
| 11 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.6 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2012 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ROMAN CANDLE FIRE |
| 28 July 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Pine River: 10 past producers, 7 producers, 3 unknowns, 2 occurrences. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Line Creek Granite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Anderson Brothers and Johnson Co. | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Rib Mountain Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| Ruby Red Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| Big Eddy Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bracks Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| County Line Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| County Line Creek Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merrill | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Dutch Corners | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| Otis | 10.0 miles | 9 | |
| Doering | 11.1 miles | 11 | |
| Bloomville | 12.1 miles | 9 | |
| Gleason | 13.8 miles | 11 | |
| Irma | 15.2 miles | 9 | |
| Dudley | 16.2 miles | 11 |
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 River | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7195332 | 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 1577770. 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.







