Shepley, Wisconsin
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Birnamwood town. It lies in ZIP code area 54499. The Survey maps it on the Shepley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Wittenberg quadrangle1:48000
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Wittenberg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Shepley quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Wausau quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
100 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Shepley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 168 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FIREWORKS PARTY |
| 31 July 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 July 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.1 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Shepley: 7 past producers, 6 occurrences. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Fandrey Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Bernard Fuller Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cemetery Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Eland Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Packard Creek Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Reissmann Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Ruth Buch Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Tiger Creek Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Willow Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Wilson Creek Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paac Ciinak | 2.5 miles | 7 | |
| Wittenberg | 4.3 miles | 7 | |
| Five Corners | 4.8 miles | 7 | |
| Regina | 4.8 miles | 7 | |
| Whitcomb | 5.5 miles | 7 | |
| Eland | 6.0 miles | 7 | |
| Bowler | 6.4 miles | 7 | |
| Almon | 6.6 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 Shepley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7494521 | 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 1574014. 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.




