Saint Germain, Wisconsin
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1989. It stands in St. Germain town. It lies in ZIP code area 54558. The Survey maps it on the Saint Germain quadrangle. It stands 1,631 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1930 USGS Robbins quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Robbins quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Robbins quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS St. Germain quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1989 USGS Rhinelander quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
77 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Saint Germain between 1992 and 2020, burning about 43 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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 | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FLIP FLOPS |
| 17 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 August 2008 | Natural | 1.6 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Saint Germain: 5 past producers, 5 occurrences, 4 producers. 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corky Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Ewald Anderson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lost Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mud Creek Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Mud Creek Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Mud Creek Gravel Pit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Mud Creek Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Oxbow Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rainbow Flowage Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rainbow Flowage Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sayner | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Arbor Vitae | 9.4 miles | 12 | |
| Star Lake | 9.5 miles | 14 | |
| Eagle River | 12.9 miles | 14 | |
| Conover | 16.1 miles | 14 | |
| Boulder Junction | 16.8 miles | 17 | |
| Marlands | 17.8 miles | 12 | |
| Lac du Flambeau | 22.0 miles | 15 |
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 Saint Germain | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7588246 | 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 1572952. 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.






