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Soperton, Wisconsin

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Wabeno town. It lies in ZIP code area 54566. It stands on Range Line Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wabeno quadrangle.

Soperton within Forest County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

41 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Soperton between 1994 and 2020, burning about 45 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None 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
Debris and open burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Natural4
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks1
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
16 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 August 2007Naturalunder an acreChequamegon-Nicolet National ForestCABIN
25 July 1998Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 July 1998Smokingunder an acreChequamegon-Nicolet National ForestQUARTZ TRAIL
26 June 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 June 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChequamegon-Nicolet National Forestnot named
15 June 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreChequamegon-Nicolet National ForestDAISY
14 June 2004Naturalunder an acreChequamegon-Nicolet National ForestKUFNER ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Forest 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 Soperton: 7 past producers, 5 occurrences, 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
Carter Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Eugene Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Geiter PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Indian Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Outskirts Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Range Line Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Round Creek Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Round Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Torpee Creek Gravel Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Torpee Creek Gravel Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Forest 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
Wabeno1.3 miles11
Carter3.3 miles11
Minertown (historical)3.8 miles11
Padus4.1 miles11
Oneva (historical)4.1 miles11
Blackwell5.4 miles9
Blackwell Junction6.5 miles9
Laona8.9 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1580447. 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.