Barronett, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Lakeland town. It lies in ZIP code area 54813. The Survey maps it on the Shell Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1951 USGS Shell Lake quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Shell Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Spooner quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Shell Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
69 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Barronett between 1993 and 2019, burning about 52 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | OLD HWY. 53 BARN FIRE |
| 10 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HORSESHOE FIRE |
| 18 June 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Barronett: 4 occurrences, 1 past producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Farlow Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Dorothy Ryland Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Henry Bos Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Severson Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Sylvan Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barronett in 9 storm reports between 1999 and 2021: 6 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Barronett | $250,000 | A National Weather Service Storm Damage Survey determined that an EF-1 tornado touched down approximately 4.5 miles north-northeast of Cumberland, and tracked east-southeast to approximately six miles northeast of Cumberland, Wisconsin. Structural damage was confined to a barn and garage destroyed. Hundreds of trees were either uprooted and blown down, and several of the large trees were in excess of four feet in diameter. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barronett | $150,000 | Some lake homes were damaged along Silver Lake. On the western edge of the lake there was significant tree and dock damage. One boat was lofted 20 feet from the lake and landed between two large trees. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barronett | - | Estimated winds, few trees down. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Barronett | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Barronett | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Barronett | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Barronett | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Barronett | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Barronett | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1561205. 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.





