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Springbluff, Wisconsin

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Lincoln town. It lies in ZIP code area 53936. The Survey maps it on the Grand Marsh quadrangle. It stands 1,024 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Springbluff within Adams County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

168 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 168 fires within 5 miles of Springbluff (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 280 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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
Equipment and vehicle use54
Debris and open burning32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Railroad operations and maintenance17
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Recreation and ceremony8
Arson/incendiarism8
Other causes6
Smoking2
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1

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
8 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 September 2012Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesLIGHTNING STRIKES 3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Adams County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Springbluff (historical): 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. 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
Adams County OperationsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Butera PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
D. Patterson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Frazene PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Werner PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Adams 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
Grand Marsh2.9 miles11
New Chester (historical)4.8 miles10
Fordham (historical)5.2 miles11
Pilot Knob (historical)5.4 miles11
Adams Center (historical)6.4 miles10
Brooks7.0 miles10
Adams7.8 miles10
Friendship8.1 miles10

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 Springbluff (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7580803The 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 1837604. 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.