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Red Banks, Wisconsin

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Fremont town. It lies in ZIP code area 54940. It lies near Little Boom Island. The Survey maps it on the Readfield quadrangle. It stands 768 feet above sea level.

Red Banks within Waupaca County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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.

In the county-history sources

921 words on this township

History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin, published 1890 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Fremont Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Fremont Town - 921 words.

Fires near this place

99 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Red Banks between 1993 and 2020, burning about 152 acres in total. 3 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 burning32
Equipment and vehicle use23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.5 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesWEGA HILL FIRE
11 September 2012Natural2.8 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSLOUGH RD.
7 August 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHIGHWAY 96
6 August 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesBOO BOO
6 August 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesEAST
6 August 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesYOGI
6 August 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.8 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesWEST
28 August 2011Debris and open burning1.5 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSEEFELD RD.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Waupaca County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Red Banks: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Readfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Klemp QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Readfield QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Waupaca 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
Fremont1.2 miles8
Gills Landing2.2 miles7
Evanswood4.0 miles7
Readfield4.7 miles8
North Readfield4.8 miles8
Weyauwega5.0 miles7
Shaw Landing6.7 miles8
Hatton (historical)7.0 miles7

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 Red BanksAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7303703The 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 1577786. 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.