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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.

Saint Germain within Vilas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

77 since 1992

Regional 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 burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Recreation and ceremony7
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking4
Other causes4
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks1

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
22 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesFLIP FLOPS
17 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 August 2008Natural1.6 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 August 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Vilas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Corky Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Ewald Anderson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lost Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mud Creek Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Mud Creek Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Mud Creek Gravel Pit #3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Mud Creek Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Oxbow Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rainbow Flowage Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rainbow Flowage Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Vilas 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
Sayner6.3 miles13
Arbor Vitae9.4 miles12
Star Lake9.5 miles14
Eagle River12.9 miles14
Conover16.1 miles14
Boulder Junction16.8 miles17
Marlands17.8 miles12
Lac du Flambeau22.0 miles15

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 GermainAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7588246The 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.