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Rubys Corner, Wisconsin

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Porterfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 54143. It stands on Twin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chappee Rapids quadrangle. It stands 636 feet above sea level.

Rubys Corner within Marinette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 9 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

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Rubys Corner between 1992 and 2019, burning about 244 acres in total. 1 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 burning39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use15
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Arson/incendiarism3
Fireworks2
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1
Other causes1
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
1 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesCARVIOU LANDING FIRE
7 August 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 August 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 August 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesDUMKE FIRE
23 August 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 August 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marinette County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Rubys Corner: 22 past producers, 2 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica. 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
Porterfield PitSilicaProducer
Behrens QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Jackie Foster Inc-Porterfield QyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Menominee Stone Crusher Co.Ls.PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Biehls PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Boggy Lane Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Brookside Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dancing Waters Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
East Oak Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Menominee River Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marinette 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
Walsh1.2 miles10
Bagley Junction2.9 miles10
Porterfield3.4 miles10
Miles3.4 miles9
Harmony6.9 miles10
Goll7.0 miles9
Marinette7.9 miles9
Loomis8.5 miles10

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 Rubys CornerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7376432The 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 1572708. 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.