White River, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Gingles town. It lies in ZIP code area 54806. It stands on Deer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ashland East quadrangle. It stands 732 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1942 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:48000
- 1947 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Ashland East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
63 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of White River between 1992 and 2019, burning about 110 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 25 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 19 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | JUNK FARM |
| 3 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 July 2007 | 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of White River: 1 past producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashland Sand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashland | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Sanborn | 7.7 miles | 11 | |
| Marengo | 8.0 miles | 11 | |
| Minersville | 9.3 miles | 11 | |
| Odanah | 9.6 miles | 11 | |
| North York | 10.6 miles | 11 | |
| High Bridge | 11.8 miles | 9 | |
| Birch | 14.6 miles | 11 |
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 White River | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7995278 | 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 1577884. 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.






