Sugar Bush, Wisconsin
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Maple Creek town. It lies in ZIP code area 54961. The Survey maps it on the New London quadrangle. It stands 830 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS New London quadrangle1:48000
- 1969 USGS New London quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Appleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS New London quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
38 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Sugar Bush between 1994 and 2020, burning about 23 acres in total. 1 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 burning | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MERGER FIRE |
| 2 June 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | GARDEN PATCH |
| 8 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PLEASANT VIEW |
| 18 May 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 May 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 May 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FENCER |
| 1 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | COLLIER ROAD FIRE |
| 1 May 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BUEHLOW RD. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Sugar Bush: 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Matz Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| B Duch Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Breiting Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| C Flanagan Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Finger Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sasse Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sugar Bush Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sugar Bush in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2011: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sugar Bush | - | A spotter measured a 58 mph thunderstorm wind gust north of New London, near Sugar Bush. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sugar Bush | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked several trees onto a shed and a garage in the Town of Maine. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Creek | 3.5 miles | 7 | |
| Shiocton | 8.7 miles | 8 | |
| Stephensville | 11.0 miles | 8 | |
| Hortonville | 11.4 miles | 7 | |
| Leeman | 11.5 miles | 8 | |
| Binghamton | 14.4 miles | 8 | |
| Dale | 14.7 miles | 7 | |
| Black Creek | 15.1 miles | 8 |
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 Sugar Bush | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7634764 | 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 1575012. 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.




