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Sniderville, Wisconsin

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Wrightstown town. The Survey maps it on the Wrightstown quadrangle.

Sniderville within Brown County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

12 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Sniderville between 2018 and 2020, burning about 7 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined8
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
14 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2020055
31 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources33
1 July 2018Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources28
15 June 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20059
28 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20053
16 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources21
6 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2020020
18 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20041

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brown County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sniderville: 1 occurrence. 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
Bodde Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Brown 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
Wrightstown2.3 miles8
Little Rapids3.9 miles8
Greenleaf5.7 miles8
Askeaton7.1 miles8
Holland7.2 miles9
West De Pere8.9 miles10
De Pere9.6 miles10
Oneida10.1 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1577828. 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.