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Askeaton, Wisconsin

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Holland town. It lies in ZIP code area 54126. The Survey maps it on the Greenleaf quadrangle.

Askeaton within Brown County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

11 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Askeaton between 2005 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning5

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
6 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources48
5 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources40
15 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources54
5 April 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources13
18 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources28
16 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources39
11 April 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources35

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brown County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Askeaton: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 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
Daanen and JanssenStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Brillion PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Geiger PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Haese PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Whittman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Brown County

Storms near this place

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Askeaton in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2011: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Askeaton$15,000A brief tornado touched down about a mile and a half south of Greenleaf. The tornado damaged the tops of two silos then ripped the roof off a barn (DI 1, DOD 5). Average path width was 75 yards.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindAskeaton$1,000Thunderstorm winds damaged two large tents, and blew down ten others, at Country Aire Farms near Askeaton. The tents were set up in anticipation of the annual Wisconsin Farm Technology Days.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindAskeaton-Thunderstorm winds damaged a small building on Country Road D.

Every storm recorded in Brown 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
Greenleaf3.1 miles8
Holland3.5 miles9
Wrightstown4.7 miles8
Morrison6.8 miles9
Sniderville7.1 miles8
Little Rapids7.7 miles8
Wayside8.5 miles9
Lark9.1 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1577498. 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.