Beaver Brook, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Beaver Brook town. It lies in ZIP code area 54871. The Survey maps it on the Spooner Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1948 USGS Spooner quadrangle1:48000
- 1949 USGS Spooner quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Spooner quadrangle1:62500
- 1980 USGS Spooner quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Spooner Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
73 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Beaver Brook between 1992 and 2020, burning about 29 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 July 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 July 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 June 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Beaver Brook: 11 occurrences, 3 past producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eugene R. Kasten Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Gordon Krantz Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| John Furchtenicht Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Joseph Andrea Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Orville Crotteau Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Osterman Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Shallow Lake Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Shell Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Shell Lake Sand Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Shell Lake Sand Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beaver Brook in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2014: 3 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2014 | Hail | Beaver Brook | - | The hail formed drifts. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Beaver Brook | - | The hail formed drifts. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Beaver Brook | - | The were were two waves of hail. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaver Brook | - | A large billboard sign was blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarona | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Chicago Junction | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Shell Lake | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Spooner | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Madge | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Nobleton | 8.9 miles | 8 | |
| Trego | 10.1 miles | 8 | |
| Earl | 11.6 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1577509. 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.






