Spirit, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Spirit town. It lies in ZIP code area 54459. The Survey maps it on the Spirit quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1945 USGS Rib Lake quadrangle1:48000
- 1947 USGS Rib Lake quadrangle1:48000
- 1949 USGS Rib Lake quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Spirit quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Medford quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
31 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Spirit between 1992 and 2020, burning about 28 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 June 2013 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HWY 86 |
| 25 June 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | COUNTY D |
| 1 June 1994 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HWY 102 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Spirit: 9 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Gold, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ritchie Creek Propsect | Copper, Gold, Zinc | Prospect | 1979 | |
| Bluff Road Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Engstrom Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hilmar Olson Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Holmes Creek Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hultman Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Jacobson Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Knox Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Marheime Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| New Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spirit in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2022: 1 funnel cloud, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2022 | Flash Flood | Spirit | - | A school bus became stranded in flood waters when the shoulder washed out underneath it and it partially tipped. Four students and the driver were helped from the bus to safety and there were no injuries reported, although the bus driver was taken to the hospital to be checked out. The bus went through the flooded section of road 15 minutes prior to returning and trying to make it through a second time. |
| May 2017 | Funnel Cloud | Spirit | - | A trained weather spotter reported a funnel cloud moving along 102 toward Spirit, Wisconsin. The storm associated with the funnel cloud was the same storm that produced the tornado that traveled across 4 Wisconsin counties (Polk, Barron, Rusk, and Price). |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brantwood | 7.5 miles | 8 | |
| Ogema | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Prentice | 11.1 miles | 10 | |
| Worcester | 14.0 miles | 10 | |
| Dover | 15.5 miles | 11 | |
| Pennington | 15.7 miles | 10 | |
| Cranberry Lake | 17.8 miles | 10 | |
| Phillips | 22.6 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1574553. 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.






