Wentworth, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Amnicon town. It lies in ZIP code area 54874. The Survey maps it on the Poplar quadrangle. It stands 938 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1949 USGS Poplar quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Poplar quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Port Wing quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
90 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Wentworth between 1992 and 2020, burning about 47 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Other causes | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | LAMAR BILLBOARD |
| 29 August 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SKUNK FIRE |
| 3 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | WEIGH STATION SPOTS |
| 23 July 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MOWER FIRE |
| 12 July 1998 | Fireworks | 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 24 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Wentworth: 12 occurrences, 9 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chippewa Copper-Nickel Mine | Nickel, Silver, Gold, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Chippewa Copper-Nickel Mine | Copper, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Lakeside Cemetary | Copper, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Amnicon Falls Station Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Flannagan Fire Tower Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| North Wisconsin | Copper | Unknown | Copper | |
| Robert Missine Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Sam Anderson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Lakeside Ce | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Rockmont | Copper | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wentworth in 1 storm report in 2021: 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 2021 | Hail | Wentworth | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Amnicon Falls | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Rockmont | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Middle River | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Dobie | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Hines | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Maple | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Hawthorne | 6.8 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 Wentworth | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7982994 | 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 1576430. 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.




