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Balmoral, Wisconsin

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Eagle town. It lies in ZIP code area 53573. It stands on Hoosier Creek. The Survey maps it on the Muscoda quadrangle.

Balmoral within Richland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 10 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

131 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Balmoral between 1992 and 2020, burning about 377 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 burning47
Equipment and vehicle use26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Arson/incendiarism13
Smoking6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
5 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesJACUZZI FIRE
4 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesBUFFALO FIRE
25 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.9 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 August 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources600 BLOCK FIRE
1 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin 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 Balmoral: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. 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
Adams Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bethke QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hogskin 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
Orion2.5 miles10
Basswood3.1 miles12
Byrds Creek4.5 miles10
Port Andrew5.6 miles10
Wild Rose7.5 miles10
Sand Prairie7.9 miles10
Boaz8.0 miles10
Ashford (historical)8.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1957773. 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.