Rube, Wisconsin

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Newton town. It lies in ZIP code area 54220. The Survey maps it on the Clarks Mills quadrangle.

Rube within Manitowoc County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

1954 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1954 USGS Reedsville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000
1978 USGS Clarks Mills quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

7 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Rube between 2018 and 2020, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Arson/incendiarism	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
13 September 2019	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	6036
25 June 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	2018033
13 May 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	19336
11 April 2020	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	2020011
29 March 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	19239
24 March 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	2018010
13 March 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	19200

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Manitowoc County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rube: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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
	Fricke Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	Lutzki Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Manitowoc 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Newtonburg	2.1 miles	8
Madsen	2.3 miles	8
Alverno	4.0 miles	9
Clarks Mills	4.3 miles	8
Valders	4.5 miles	10
Duveneck	5.3 miles	9
Clover	5.4 miles	9
Newton	5.6 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1577801. 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.