Schnappsville, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Rietbrock town. The Survey maps it on the Wien quadrangle. It stands 1,440 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1902 USGS Marathon quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Stratford quadrangle1:48000
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Stratford quadrangle1:62500
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Wien quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Marshfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Schnappsville between 2007 and 2020, burning about 16 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 90220 |
| 15 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 61518 |
| 1 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 60118 |
| 5 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 50518 |
| 30 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 051418B |
| 11 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 51118 |
| 29 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 705 |
| 28 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 42819 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Schnappsville: 12 occurrences, 10 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athens Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Athens Gravel Pit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Athens Gravel Pit #4 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Black Creek Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Frank Drewek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kildeer Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Swallow Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Aspen Road Granite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Aspen Road Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bobwhite Lane Granite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poniatowski | 2.2 miles | 7 | |
| Wuertsburg | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Edgar | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Athens | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Wien | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Swan | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Corinth | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Rib Falls | 6.4 miles | 7 |
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 Schnappsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7431862 | 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 1573790. 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.







