Sugar Camp, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Sugar Camp town. It lies in ZIP code area 54501. The Survey maps it on the Sugar Camp quadrangle. It stands 1,660 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1930 USGS Robbins quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Robbins quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Robbins quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Sugar Camp quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rhinelander quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
72 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Sugar Camp between 1992 and 2019, burning about 36 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 23 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2009 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PEAT FIREWORKS |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BLACKBERRY |
| 8 July 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | INDIAN LK RD POWERLINE |
| 24 July 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Sugar Camp: 7 past producers, 4 occurrences. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allens Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Cross Road Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Dead End Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Echo Lake Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jennie Webber Lake Sand Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jennie Webber Lake Sand Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kathan Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pine Lake Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Railway Lane Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Sugar Camp Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sugar Camp in 11 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 7 hail, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | Hail | Sugar Camp | - | Quarter size hail fell in Sugar Camp. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Sugar Camp | - | Penny size hail fell near Sugar Camp. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Sugar Camp | - | Ping pong size hail fell south of Sugar Camp. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sugar Camp | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Sugar Camp. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sugar Camp | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines at Sugar Camp. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Sugar Camp | - | Quarter size hail fell at Sugar Camp. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sugar Camp | - | Thunderstorm wind downed numerous trees and power lines. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sugar Camp | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees near Sugar Camp. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Sugar Camp | - | Quarter size hail fell at Sugar Camp as thunderstorms passed. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Sugar Camp | - | One-half to one inch diameter hail fell in Sugar Camp. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Sugar Camp | - | Golf ball size hail fell at Sugar Camp. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clearwater Lake | 7.8 miles | 13 | |
| Three Lakes | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Roosevelt | 8.5 miles | 9 | |
| Starks | 10.3 miles | 9 | |
| Rhinelander | 12.1 miles | 9 | |
| Newbold | 12.3 miles | 12 | |
| McNaughton | 12.9 miles | 12 | |
| Malvern | 13.0 miles | 9 |
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 Camp | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7634771 | 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 1575015. 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.






