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Stanton, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Stanton town. It lies in ZIP code area 54017. The Survey maps it on the Deer Park quadrangle. It stands 1,050 feet above sea level.

Stanton within St. Croix County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

16 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Stanton between 1998 and 2020, burning about 186 acres in total. None 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/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
13 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources161
4 July 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources146
4 July 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSt. Croix Wetland Management DistrictFIREWORKS
27 June 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources112
12 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources94
4 April 2012Debris and open burning123 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesODEN WILDLIFE AREA
30 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources79
26 April 2020Recreation and ceremony10 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources79

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Croix County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Stanton: 13 past producers, 5 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 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
Hatfield Lake Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Apple River Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Benjamin Boe Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Church Road Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dale Swenson Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Deer Park Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Deer Park Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fred Wittstock Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Goose Pond Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gust-Deer Park PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in St. Croix 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
Star Prairie3.8 miles14
Jewett4.2 miles12
Riverside4.4 miles14
Deer Park4.5 miles12
Wall Street Village4.5 miles14
Huntington5.0 miles14
New Richmond5.0 miles14
Erin Corner6.7 miles12

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 StantonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7600223The 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 1581734. 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.