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Rodney, Wisconsin

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Marion town. It lies in ZIP code area 54960. The Survey maps it on the Neshkoro quadrangle. It stands 804 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Rodney within Waushara County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

137 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Rodney (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 310 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 18 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 burning65
Arson/incendiarism18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use15
Recreation and ceremony5
Other causes4
Natural4
Smoking3
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 September 2002Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 September 2009Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSHELDON LTG STRIKE
25 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesPARKING FIRE
19 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 August 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Waushara County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Rodney (historical): 1 past producer. None of them 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Disterhaft PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Waushara 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
Spring Lake3.1 miles8
Lohrville3.6 miles8
Redgranite4.2 miles8
Bannerman5.2 miles14
Silver Lake7.1 miles8
Auroraville8.5 miles8
Mount Morris9.5 miles8
Wautoma10.5 miles6

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 Rodney (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7356827The 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 1845700. 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.