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Abrams, Wisconsin

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Abrams town. It lies in ZIP code area 54101. The Survey maps it on the Abrams quadrangle.

Abrams within Oconto County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

211 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 211 fires within 5 miles of Abrams between 1992 and 2020, burning about 162 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 12 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 burning68
Equipment and vehicle use63
Recreation and ceremony21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Arson/incendiarism12
Smoking5
Fireworks5
Other causes5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural2

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
17 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oconto County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Abrams: 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Montevideo QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Tri-County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Oconto County

Storms near this place

9 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Abrams in 9 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2022Thunderstorm WindAbrams-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Abrams. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
September 2021HailAbrams-Penny size hail fell in Abrams.
August 2019HailAbrams-Heavy rain and penny size hail fell near Abrams.
August 2015HailAbrams-Penny to quarter size hail fell near Abrams. The time of this event is approximate.
August 2015HailAbrams-A thunderstorm dropped softball size hail as it passed through Abrams.
July 2013HailAbrams-Quarter size hail fell at Reim Road and Cheyenne Way near Abrams.
August 1993HailAbrams-An isolated severe thunderstorm produced nickel-size hail which covered the ground at Abrams.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindAbrams-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindAbrams-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oconto 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
Brookside3.7 miles8
Sobieski Corners4.0 miles6
Sobieski4.1 miles6
Little Suamico5.0 miles6
Stiles5.7 miles8
Chase6.6 miles6
Sampson6.8 miles8
Morgan7.0 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1560668. 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.