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Wrightsville, Wisconsin

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Alma town. It lies in ZIP code area 54754. It stands on Wrightsville Creek. The Survey maps it on the Merrillan quadrangle. It stands 912 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Wrightsville within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

125 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Wrightsville (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 308 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 11 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 burning39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking5
Natural3
Other causes2
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2013Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesBLUEBIRD
23 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 August 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 August 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 August 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Wrightsville (historical): 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Arnt Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Harris PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Smith Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Jackson County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Merrillan2.8 miles13
Hatfield4.7 miles11
Alma Center5.2 miles13
Winnebago Mission5.8 miles13
Clay (historical)7.4 miles11
Vaudreuil7.5 miles13
Black River Falls8.4 miles13
Brockway9.0 miles13

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 Wrightsville (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8038319The 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 2702801. 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.