White City, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 2005. It stands in Mellen City. It lies in ZIP code area 54546. It stands on Devils Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mellen quadrangle.
On record in White City
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Mellen City Halllisted 1979 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1942 USGS Mellen quadrangle1:48000
- 1945 USGS Mellen quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Mellen quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Mellen quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Mellen quadrangle1:62500
- 1980 USGS Ironwood quadrangle1:100000
- 2005 USGS Mellen quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
63 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of White City between 1993 and 2020, burning about 56 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 July 2007 | Natural | 3.6 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 July 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 June 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 June 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of White City: 10 past producers, 9 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Stone, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| Ashland Black Granite Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Berkshire Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1848, 1922, 1924 | |
| Berkshire Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1922 | |
| Penokee Deposit | Iron | Prospect | 1848 | |
| West Gogebic Taconite Deposit | Iron | Past Producer | 1848 | |
| Anderson Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Ashland County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ashland County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ashland County Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mellen | 0.5 miles | 12 | |
| Tannery Town | 0.6 miles | 12 | |
| Foster Junction | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Cayuga | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| High Bridge | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Morse | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| North York | 8.0 miles | 11 | |
| Minersville | 9.4 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1837861. 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.








