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South Chase, Wisconsin

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Chase town. It lies in ZIP code area 54162. The Survey maps it on the Pulaski quadrangle. It stands 774 feet above sea level.

South Chase 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

122 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of South Chase between 1992 and 2020, burning about 138 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 burning51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use17
Recreation and ceremony10
Arson/incendiarism10
Fireworks5
Smoking4
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
29 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
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
4 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 July 2002Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 July 2001Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 July 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oconto County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of South Chase: 5 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
McKeefry & Sons,IncStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Peters QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kraczwski PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Paitz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Peters Trucking Co,Incperrets PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Peters Trucking Corporation PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tri-County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working 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
Chase2.0 miles6
Sobieski4.7 miles6
Sampson5.5 miles8
Sobieski Corners5.7 miles6
Morgan7.5 miles8
Little Suamico7.8 miles6
Abrams7.8 miles8
Brookside11.3 miles8

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 South ChaseAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7566794The 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 1577830. 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.