BlockSpringbrook, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Springbrook town. It lies in ZIP code area 54875. It stands on Spring Brook. The Survey maps it on the Springbrook quadrangle. 89 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,096 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1948 USGS Stone Lake quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Stone Lake quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Springbrook quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Spooner quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
74 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Springbrook between 1992 and 2020, burning about 206 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HAMILTON |
| 16 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 5TH AND AIRPORT |
| 11 August 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PIZZA TRAIN |
| 8 July 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FRIDAY FIRE |
| 26 July 2009 | Other causes | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | EARL CABIN FIRE |
| 5 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ASP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Springbrook: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haugen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Washburn County Gravel Pit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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.
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 Springbrook | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7580819 | The 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 1574713. 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.