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Ackerville, Wisconsin

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Polk town. It lies in ZIP code area 53086. The Survey maps it on the Hartford East quadrangle.

Ackerville within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

26 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Ackerville between 2014 and 2020, burning about 36 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
8 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources257
25 May 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20223
17 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2019083
7 April 2014Debris and open burning4.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesTHERESA
4 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2000045
29 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18185
29 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018053
28 April 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources213

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Ackerville: 3 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. 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
Jackson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Stiemke QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hubertos PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Johann Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Rugby PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Slinger PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

2 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ackerville in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2019: 1 hail, 1 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 2019Thunderstorm WindAckerville-An estimated wind gust of 60 mph.
April 2016HailAckerville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Slinger2.2 miles15
Rugby Junction2.4 miles15
Cedar Creek2.8 miles15
Diefenbach Corners3.0 miles15
Mayfield3.5 miles15
Cedar Lake3.5 miles15
Pike Lake4.5 miles15
Jackson4.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1560674. 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.