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Alvin, Wisconsin

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Alvin town. It lies in ZIP code area 54542. The Survey maps it on the Alvin quadrangle.

Alvin within Forest County

On record in Alvin

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

16 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Alvin between 1992 and 2019, burning about 6 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Natural1

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
12 September 2003Smokingunder an acreChequamegon-Nicolet National ForestROCK DAM
7 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreChequamegon-Nicolet National ForestBURNIN RUBBER
11 August 2007Naturalunder an acreChequamegon-Nicolet National ForestCHARLIE O
22 June 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreChequamegon-Nicolet National Forestnot named
7 May 2007Smokingunder an acreChequamegon-Nicolet National ForestWILSON 55
4 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2019005
4 May 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreChequamegon-Nicolet National ForestFORD
22 May 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreChequamegon-Nicolet National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Forest County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Alvin: 3 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Allen Creek Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Devils Foot Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Horseshoe Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lost River Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
May Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Onimish Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Town of Alvin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Forest County

Storms near this place

11 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alvin in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2007: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning, 1 hail. 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
August 1996Thunderstorm WindAlvin$2,000no account filed
May 2007Thunderstorm WindAlvin-Numerous trees down between Alvin and Newald.
June 2007HailAlvin-no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindAlvin-no account filed
April 2004Thunderstorm WindAlvin-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindAlvin-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindAlvin-no account filed
September 2000Thunderstorm WindAlvin-no account filed
August 2000LightningAlvin-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindAlvin-no account filed
July 1999Flash FloodAlvin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Forest 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
Nelma2.5 miles13
Popple River15.4 miles10
Newald18.2 miles10
Hiles20.9 miles11
Argonne22.6 miles11
Wisconsin Junction23.1 miles11
Atkins24.3 miles9
Cavour25.3 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1578647. 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.