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Saint Martins, Wisconsin

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Franklin City. It lies in ZIP code area 53132. The Survey maps it on the Hales Corners quadrangle.

Saint Martins within Milwaukee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

27 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Saint Martins between 2010 and 2020, burning about 389 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1
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
30 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources203500
4 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources140
19 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources182913
13 July 2020Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources202737
13 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources170
9 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2125
8 June 2020Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources202233
1 June 2020Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources202136

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Milwaukee County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Saint Martins: 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, 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
Jack S Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Own CrewsStoneUnknown
Franklin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lippman Plant # 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Milwaukee 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
Franklin1.3 miles18
Hales Corners2.5 miles18
Greendale4.2 miles16
Greenfield4.7 miles18
Oakwood7.6 miles17
West Allis8.3 miles20
West Milwaukee8.8 miles18
Oak Creek10.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1573252. 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.