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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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
- 1956 USGS Weyauwega quadrangle1:48000
- 1969 USGS Readfield quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Appleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
921 words on this townshipHistory 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 1993Regional 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 burning | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | WEGA HILL FIRE |
| 11 September 2012 | Natural | 2.8 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SLOUGH RD. |
| 7 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HIGHWAY 96 |
| 6 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BOO BOO |
| 6 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | EAST |
| 6 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | YOGI |
| 6 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.8 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | WEST |
| 28 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SEEFELD RD. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readfield Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Klemp Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Readfield Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fremont | 1.2 miles | 8 | |
| Gills Landing | 2.2 miles | 7 | |
| Evanswood | 4.0 miles | 7 | |
| Readfield | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| North Readfield | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Weyauwega | 5.0 miles | 7 | |
| Shaw Landing | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Hatton (historical) | 7.0 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 Red Banks | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7303703 | 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 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.



