Barnum, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Haney town. It lies in ZIP code area 54631. It lies near Shaw Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Steuben quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1926 USGS Wauzeka quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Wauzeka quadrangle1:62500
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Steuben quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Richland Center quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Barnum between 1992 and 2019, burning about 184 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 July 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 July 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TAYLOR RIDGE |
| 10 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | STEUBEN HOLLOW |
| 6 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 May 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.4 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Barnum: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Posey Hollow Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Walker Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barnum in 1 storm report in 2007: 1 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 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnum | $500 | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steuben | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Petersburg | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Plugtown | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Bell Center | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Mount Zion | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Gays Mills | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Harmony Hill | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Seneca | 7.1 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1561188. 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.







