BlockBarksdale, Wisconsin
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Barksdale town. It lies in ZIP code area 54806. It stands on Boyd Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ashland West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1942 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:48000
- 1947 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Ashland West quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1989 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
48 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Barksdale between 1992 and 2019, burning about 60 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 burning | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TEZNER'S FIRE |
| 5 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BUVULA SPOT |
| 4 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BUVULA RAVINE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Barksdale: 4 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashland Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bayfield County Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Chequamegon Bay Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Crooked Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| W. F. Defoe Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wayne Vernon Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barksdale in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2023: 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barksdale | $10,000 | A very large spruce tree was split near the base with part landing on a home causing roof damage. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barksdale | - | A tree was downed onto a road in Barksdale. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barksdale | - | There were numerous trees down at the Birch Grove Campground, which trapped some campers. Four campers sustained non-life-threatening injuries. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1561173. 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.