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Bradley, Wisconsin

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Bradley town. It lies in ZIP code area 54487. The Survey maps it on the Bradley quadrangle.

Bradley within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

105 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Bradley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 36 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 burning36
Equipment and vehicle use20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Recreation and ceremony9
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Fireworks3
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1

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
23 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesTANNERY ROAD
25 August 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesLEE RD
23 August 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 August 2007Arson/incendiarism1.6 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 August 2000Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 July 2009Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesGO CART FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bradley: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Little Rice River Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Tomahawk PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

6 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bradley in 6 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2024Thunderstorm WindBradley2 hurtWidespread large trees uprooted and snapped along the south shore of Lake Nokomis. Some trees fell onto roofs and a tree fell into a cabin causing it to collapse where 2 injuries occurred.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindBradley-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Bradley. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindBradley-Law enforcement reported trees and power lines were knocked down in the town of Bradley.
September 2002HailBradley-no account filed
April 2002Tornado (F0)Bradley-no account filed
September 2000Thunderstorm WindBradley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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
Heafford Junction2.2 miles12
Jersey City3.8 miles9
Tomahawk4.9 miles9
West Kraft6.4 miles9
McCord7.7 miles10
Gilbert8.1 miles9
Tripoli12.7 miles10
Spirit Falls13.4 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1562127. 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.