South Superior, Wisconsin
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Superior City. It lies in ZIP code area 54880. It stands on Crawford Creek. The Survey maps it on the Superior quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1915 USGS Superior quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Superior quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Superior quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Superior quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Superior quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
82 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of South Superior between 1992 and 2020, burning about 260 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 2003 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.6 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.6 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.8 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 July 2003 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of South Superior: 4 plants, 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sulfur. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Superior Refinery--Murphy Oil Co | Sulfur | Plant | ||
| Smith Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Superior Grinding Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Superior Lime Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Albany Crushing Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Albany Crushing Plant Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Mclean Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Oliver Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Superior in 3 storm reports between 2023 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Superior | $2,000 | Trees and fence panels were blown down. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Superior | $1,000 | Fence panels were broken by winds and then blown into a window during the storm. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Superior | - | A photo was received showing an uprooted tree about 2 feet in diameter on the ground in the Village of Superior near highways 105 and 35. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Village | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Ambridge | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Central Park | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| East End | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Superior | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Billings Park | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Allouez | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Boylston Junction | 4.0 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1574498. 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.







