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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.

Barronett within Barron County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

69 since 1993

Regional 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 burning30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesOLD HWY. 53 BARN FIRE
10 July 2000Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHORSESHOE FIRE
18 June 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Barron County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
David Farlow Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Dorothy Ryland Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Henry Bos Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Severson Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Sylvan Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Barron County

Storms near this place

9 since 1999

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2010Tornado (EF1)Barronett$250,000A 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 2021Thunderstorm WindBarronett$150,000Some 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 1999Thunderstorm WindBarronett-Estimated winds, few trees down.
July 2014HailBarronett-no account filed
August 2013HailBarronett-no account filed
August 2013HailBarronett-no account filed
May 2011HailBarronett-no account filed
August 2007HailBarronett-no account filed
September 2005HailBarronett-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Barron 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
Cumberland7.4 miles13
Haugen11.7 miles8
Comstock11.8 miles12
Tuscobia13.3 miles8
Almena15.3 miles12
Poskin15.8 miles7
Rice Lake16.2 miles8
Brill17.2 miles8

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.