Upson, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Anderson town. It lies in ZIP code area 54565. It stands on Apple Creek. The Survey maps it on the Upson quadrangle. It stands 1,489 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1940 USGS Upson quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Upson quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Upson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Ironwood quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Upson between 1995 and 2011, burning about 5 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 August 2011 | Natural | 3.9 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 July 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 July 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 June 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 June 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Upson: 15 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Casey Sag Rd Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Erickson Cr Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gogebic Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | 1848 | |
| Iron Belt Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1848, 1888, 1912 | |
| Iron Belt Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1888 | |
| O'Brian Lake Rd Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| O'Brian Lake Rd Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Potato River Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Potato River Pit #4 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Upson in 2 storm reports between 2006 and 2020: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Upson | - | Several twelve to eightenn inch diameter trees were blown down. |
| September 2020 | Hail | Upson | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Upson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7899295 | 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 1576004. 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.





