Sauntry, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Solon Springs town. It lies in ZIP code area 54873. It stands on Beebe Creek. The Survey maps it on the Solon Springs quadrangle. It stands 1,142 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1945 USGS Solon Springs quadrangle1:48000
- 1949 USGS Solon Springs quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Solon Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Solon Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Solon Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
77 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Sauntry between 1993 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2013 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 September 2014 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ISLAND |
| 18 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 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
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Sauntry: 4 occurrences, 3 past producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hagman Rd Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Leo Creek Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Richard Flamang Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Robert Nelson Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Sauntry Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Upper St Croix Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Wasko Rd Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sauntry in 4 storm reports between 2016 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sauntry | - | Several trees were down with some as large as 10 inches in diameter. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sauntry | - | A large tree was blown down in Solon Springs on South Beach Avenue. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sauntry | - | An 8 to 10 diameter ash tree was downed. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Sauntry | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solon Springs | 1.5 miles | 10 | |
| Beebe | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Bennett | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Gordon | 8.9 miles | 9 | |
| Hawthorne | 9.1 miles | 8 | |
| Hillcrest | 9.7 miles | 8 | |
| Dobie | 10.5 miles | 8 | |
| Lake Nebagamon | 11.7 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 Sauntry | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7427500 | 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 1573741. 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.






