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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.

Shepley within Shawano County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

100 since 1992

Regional 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 use28
Debris and open burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1

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
8 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 September 1998Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 August 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 August 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 July 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesFIREWORKS PARTY
31 July 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 July 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.1 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shawano County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Albert Fandrey Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Bernard Fuller Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cemetery Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Eland Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Packard Creek Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Reissmann Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Ruth Buch Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Tiger Creek Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Willow Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Wilson Creek Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Shawano 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
Paac Ciinak2.5 miles7
Wittenberg4.3 miles7
Five Corners4.8 miles7
Regina4.8 miles7
Whitcomb5.5 miles7
Eland6.0 miles7
Bowler6.4 miles7
Almon6.6 miles7

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 ShepleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7494521The 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.