Springstead, Wisconsin
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Sherman town. It lies in ZIP code area 54552. The Survey maps it on the Turtle-Flambeau Flowage quadrangle. It stands 1,621 feet above sea level.
On record in Springstead
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Springsteadlisted 1997 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1940 USGS Mercer quadrangle1:48000
- 1945 USGS Mercer quadrangle1:48000
- 1947 USGS Mercer quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Mercer quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Turtle-Flambeau Flowage quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Ironwood quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Springstead between 1994 and 2020, burning about 187 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | DOUBLE NEWMAN |
| 20 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BRANCH |
| 11 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PICKEREL BAY |
| 22 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SMILEY |
| 10 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 June 2000 | Natural | 79 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 June 2000 | Natural | 29 acres | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | BEAVER CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Springstead: 11 occurrences, 4 past producers. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Creek Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Beaver Creek Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Boot Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Cecil Lovell Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Cecil Lovell Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Dump Rd Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Ferry Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Fred Losby Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Kabol Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Little Muskie Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Springstead in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 4 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Springstead | 3 hurt, $160,000 | This tornado likely began on the southern tip of Big Island. Aerial photographs taken by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources showed evidence of tornado damage on smaller islands over the western part of the flowage between the Turtle Dam and Springstead Landing. These islands had large sections of trees completely destroyed - either snapped or uprooted, and the aerial photographs revealed trees laying across one another in a cross-hatched pattern, in a few cases at 90 degree incidence angles. ||Substantial tree damage began occurring near Springstead Landing and east into a small neighborhood near the intersection of Flowage Rd. and Franks Ln. A stand of large trees between Flowage Landing Rd. and Simmons Rd. was completely demolished with similar evidence of tornadic winds. All of the trees were snapped or uprooted. ||Impacts to cabins in the area started on the western edge of Simmons Rd. and then continued into the neighborhood near the northern tip of Flowage Rd. Some structures in this area were damaged by falling trees. The tree damage in this neighborhood was still rather significant, with large trees up to 2 feet in diameter uprooted or snapped. The tornado then continued east where uprooted and snapped trees were noted along the edge of the shoreline near campsites D-31, C-2, and D-35 before damage became much more sporadic near the canoe portage. It was at this point where the damage path narrowed and the tornado likely ended. Three campers were injured while camping at remote campsites on the Turtle-Flambeau Flowage. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springstead | 1 hurt | Several trees were knocked over by strong thunderstorm winds. A man was injured when an 18 inch diameter tree fell on him as he was in his camper on the Turtle Flambeau Flowage. Wind speed is estimated. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springstead | - | A tree was downed onto a road in Springstead. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springstead | - | Photos were received showing numerous large trees down across roads that were cracked near the base or uprooted. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springstead | - | Trees were blown down near Fishermans' Landing. Trees were also down across many other parts of Iron County. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springstead | - | Campers were stranded as their canoes and boats were blown away from their campsites. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Springstead | - | The hail fell at Cedar Cove Cabins. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manitowish | 9.9 miles | 14 | |
| Powell | 10.4 miles | 15 | |
| Mercer | 10.4 miles | 14 | |
| Pine Lake | 15.9 miles | 10 | |
| Van Buskirk | 25.0 miles | 14 | |
| Upson | 27.7 miles | 11 | |
| Iron Belt | 27.7 miles | 11 | |
| Pence | 27.8 miles | 11 |
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 Springstead | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7581181 | 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 1577834. 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.







