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Split Rock, Wisconsin

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Fairbanks town. It lies in ZIP code area 54486. It stands on Split Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tigerton quadrangle. It stands 965 feet above sea level.

Split Rock within Shawano County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

66 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Split Rock between 1992 and 2019, burning about 106 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 burning23
Equipment and vehicle use17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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
4 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 July 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.4 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 July 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 June 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesMEISNER RD FIRE
5 May 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesMAPLE LANE
5 May 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 May 2013Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSPIEGEL RD FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shawano County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Split Rock: 9 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. 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
Meisner Road Granite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Tigerton Pond Granite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Evelyn Hansen Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Haase Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Island Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kersten Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Kersten Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Laatsch Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lone Maple Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Minniecheske Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Shawano County

Storms near this place

8 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Split Rock in 8 storm reports between 1995 and 2012: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 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
May 2012HailSplit Rock-Quarter size hail was observed by a spotter in Split Rock.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindSplit Rock-Thunderstorm wind gusts to at least 60 mph downed a pair of trees and several branches near Split Rock.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindSplit Rock-Thunderstorm wind gusts to 60 mph accompanied golf ball size hail at Split Rock.
July 2010HailSplit Rock-Half dollar size hail fell at Split Rock.
July 2010HailSplit Rock-Golf ball size hail fell at Split Rock.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindSplit Rock-Thunderstorm winds downed trees that blocked area roads.
May 1998HailSplit Rock-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindSplit Rock-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Shawano 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
Tigerton3.2 miles7
Hunting3.2 miles8
Caroline7.2 miles8
Whitcomb7.3 miles7
Five Corners7.4 miles7
Tilleda9.8 miles7
Leopolis10.5 miles7
Bowler11.2 miles7

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 Split RockAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7578662The 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 1574566. 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.