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Borth, Wisconsin

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Poy Sippi town. It lies in ZIP code area 54923. It stands on Pumpkinseed Creek. The Survey maps it on the Auroraville quadrangle.

Borth within Waushara County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

55 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Borth between 1992 and 2020, burning about 650 acres in total. 2 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 burning25
Equipment and vehicle use10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2010Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesASH LIGHTNING
30 September 2012Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesUMOS CAMP FIRE
8 August 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesWHEAT ROCK
6 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use61 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesMUD CREEK
17 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2ND CHANCE
14 August 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use6.2 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHAASE EQ FF
21 July 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Waushara County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Borth: 1 past producer. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Allen QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Waushara County

Storms near this place

7 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Borth in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 hail. 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
March 2017Thunderstorm WindBorth$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed a 36 foot by 40 foot pole barn as the storms passed southeast of Poy Sippi.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindBorth-Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a metal pole building. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2021Tornado (EF0)Borth-A brief tornado formed at 11:06 pm CDT west northwest of Borth in Waushara County and continued southeast before dissipating at 11:08 pm CDT. The tornado produced damage to an outbuilding (DI 1, DOD 4,5). Total path length is estimated to be 0.47 miles long, with a width of 33 yards. Peak wind estimated to be around 80 mph.
October 2018HailBorth-Ping pong ball size hail fell near Borth.
May 2011HailBorth-Ping pong ball size hail fell in Borth.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Borth-no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindBorth-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Waushara 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
Fountain Valley4.8 miles8
Tustin4.9 miles8
Auroraville5.8 miles8
Poy Sippi6.2 miles8
Brushville7.6 miles8
West Bloomfield9.8 miles8
Pine River10.5 miles8
Redgranite11.3 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1577521. 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.