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Sobieski, Wisconsin

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Little Suamico town. It lies in ZIP code area 54171. The Survey maps it on the Suamico quadrangle.

Sobieski within Oconto County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

194 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 194 fires within 5 miles of Sobieski between 1992 and 2020, burning about 136 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 burning82
Equipment and vehicle use42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Recreation and ceremony15
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Fireworks4
Other causes3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural1

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
15 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 August 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 August 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesCOUNTY J DITCH FIRE
23 August 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 August 2020Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHIGH RIDGE
14 August 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 August 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSANDALWOOD ROAD FIRE
8 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources100324

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oconto County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sobieski: 1 producer, 1 unknown, 1 past 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Tri-County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Jackie Foster Incorporated QuarriesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Montevideo QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Oconto County

Storms near this place

5 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sobieski in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2015: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2014Thunderstorm WindSobieski$200Thunderstorm winds snapped 2 pine trees and a flag pole near Sobieski.
August 2015HailSobieski-A thunderstorm dropped golf ball size hail as it passed through Sobieski.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindSobieski-A wet microburst with winds of at least 75 mph snapped or damaged more than three dozen maple and oak trees west of U.S. Highway 141. The storm also produced about three inches of rain.
July 2013HailSobieski-Hail just over nickel size fell near Sobieski.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindSobieski-Straight-line thunderstorm winds downed several small trees near Sobieski.

Every storm recorded in Oconto 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
Sobieski Corners1.0 miles6
Little Suamico3.3 miles6
Abrams4.1 miles8
Chase4.5 miles6
South Chase4.7 miles6
Sampson6.8 miles8
Brookside7.0 miles8
Morgan8.0 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1574358. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.