BlockUpper French Creek, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ettrick town. It lies in ZIP code area 54627. The Survey maps it on the Ettrick quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1929 USGS Galesville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Ettrick quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Winona quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Upper French Creek in 2018, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 34 |
| 25 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1803075 |
| 21 October 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 44 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 34 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Upper French Creek: 19 past producers, 14 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| A Brovold Shale Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| A Loutsch Dolomite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| A Solberg Dolomite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| B Shepard Dolomite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Beach Corners Shale Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Bear Creek Shale Deposit #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Butman Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| C Mueller Shale Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Central Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iduna | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Chapultepee | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Ettrick | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Frenchville | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Beachs Corners | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| North Creek | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Hegg | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Blair | 7.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1577868. 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.