Sanborn, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1984. It stands in White River town. It lies in ZIP code area 54856. It stands on Troutmere Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sanborn quadrangle. It stands 843 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1942 USGS Marengo quadrangle1:48000
- 1945 USGS Marengo quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Marengo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Ironwood quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Sanborn quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
62 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Sanborn between 1992 and 2019, burning about 56 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | MORGAN FALLS |
| 2 August 2019 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MAIN STREET |
| 15 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 July 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 July 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 July 1995 | 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sanborn: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John L. Hegstrom Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sanborn in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Sanborn | $1,000 | Flash flooding along Trout Brook washed out the nearby stretch of Highway 13. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marengo | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Minersville | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| North York | 7.5 miles | 11 | |
| White River | 7.7 miles | 11 | |
| High Bridge | 9.6 miles | 9 | |
| Ashland | 11.1 miles | 13 | |
| Foster Junction | 13.6 miles | 12 | |
| Mellen | 15.1 miles | 12 |
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 Sanborn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7415584 | 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 1573649. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






