Boardman, Wisconsin
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Richmond town. It lies in ZIP code area 54017. It lies near Big Mound. The Survey maps it on the New Richmond South quadrangle.
On record in Boardman
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Lewis Farmhouselisted 1982
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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 New Richmond quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS New Richmond quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS New Richmond South quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Boardman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 277 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20181 |
| 24 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20194 |
| 16 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 132 |
| 28 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 106 |
| 27 May 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 101 |
| 15 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 190057 |
| 11 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 88 |
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 Boardman: 5 past producers, 5 producers, 4 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivard Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Apple River Sand Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Apple River Sand Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Apple River Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bright Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| County G Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Holden Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| New Richmond Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| New Richmond Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Riverdale Flowage Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boardman in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2020: 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Lightning | Boardman | 2 hurt | Two individuals were struck by lightning as they were playing outside. Both sustained burns to their chest and backs. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boardman | $5,000 | A small shed was destroyed, a few shingles were blown off a roof near Boardman. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkhardt | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Burkhardt Station | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| New Richmond | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Somerset | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Riverside | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Roberts | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Sono Junction | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Johannesburg | 6.9 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1581596. 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.








