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Stettin, Wisconsin

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Stettin town. The Survey maps it on the Marathon quadrangle. It stands 1,378 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.

Stettin within Marathon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

13 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Stettin (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 3 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1805004
7 May 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2004004
25 April 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 April 2000Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 April 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 April 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGreat Lakes Agency542 WASWAGON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marathon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Stettin (historical): 16 occurrences, 15 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, REE, Thorium, Zirconium, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Hafnium. 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
County Concrete, Inc.StoneProducer
Szymanski Granite DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Wausau AreaREE, Thorium, Zirconium, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), HafniumOccurrence
Allenhofen Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Allenhofen Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Artus Creek Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Baeseman Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Big Rib River Gravel Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Big Rib River Gravel Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Big Rib River Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marathon 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
Marathon3.5 miles7
Mount View4.5 miles12
Rib Falls5.1 miles7
Little Chicago5.5 miles9
Taegesville6.7 miles12
Naugart7.2 miles9
Maine7.3 miles12
Rib Mountain8.1 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 Stettin (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7611671The 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 1574870. 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.