Rantz, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Minocqua town. It lies in ZIP code area 54548. The Survey maps it on the Hazelhurst quadrangle. It stands 1,621 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.
- 1938 USGS Minocqua quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Minocqua quadrangle1:48000
- 1949 USGS Minocqua quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Minocqua quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Hazelhurst quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Rhinelander quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
163 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Rantz between 1992 and 2020, burning about 129 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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 | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | NORTH BAY FIRE |
| 15 August 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2012 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FIREWORKS DRIVEBY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Rantz: 10 past producers, 10 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Bolger Lake Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Bolger Lake Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Bolger Lake Gravel Deposit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Clawson Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Curtis Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hazelhurst Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hungry Lake Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Johnson Lake Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Katherine Lake Gravel Pit | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazelhurst | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Minocqua | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Woodruff | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Sunflower | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Lake Tomahawk | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Goodnow | 9.8 miles | 12 | |
| McNaughton | 12.0 miles | 12 | |
| Harshaw | 12.1 miles | 12 |
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 Rantz | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7293562 | 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 1572080. 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.







