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Aubrey, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ithaca town. It lies in ZIP code area 53581. It lies near Hell Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Sextonville quadrangle.

Aubrey within Richland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

55 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Aubrey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 69 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning29
Equipment and vehicle use14
Smoking3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesONE HUNDRED
29 July 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.1 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesROLLERBALL
8 June 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesJUNE FIRE
1 June 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 1992Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 May 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSILVER MAPLE
18 May 1994Debris and open burning5.4 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland 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 Aubrey: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Maple Nut Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Househoulder QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Keyesville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Richland 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
Ithaca1.9 miles12
Sextonville2.5 miles12
Twin Bluffs3.0 miles12
Neptune4.3 miles12
Keyesville4.3 miles11
Richland Center5.1 miles12
Bear Valley5.2 miles11
Gotham6.3 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1578572. 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.