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Shanagolden, Wisconsin

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 2005. It stands in Shanagolden town. It lies in ZIP code area 54527. It stands on Dryden Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shanagolden quadrangle. It stands 1,506 feet above sea level.

Shanagolden within Ashland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

44 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Shanagolden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 33 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
Debris and open burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Other causes2
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
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
9 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesLUEBBEN FIRE
7 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 July 2002Other causesunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 July 1994Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 July 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ashland County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Shanagolden: 9 occurrences, 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ashland County Highway Dept.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bump Rd Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Chequamegon National Forest PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Dryden Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
East Fork Chippewa River Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Eder Rd Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Gates Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Glidden Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Gordon Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Herman Throm Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ashland 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
Glidden3.3 miles10
Peeksville5.8 miles9
Morse7.2 miles10
Cayuga9.1 miles10
Butternut10.6 miles10
Tannery Town13.9 miles12
Foster Junction14.0 miles12
Mellen14.4 miles12

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 ShanagoldenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7487862The 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 1580389. 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.