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Bradley, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Cleveland town. The Survey maps it on the Stratford quadrangle.

Bradley within Marathon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

19 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Bradley between 1994 and 2020, burning about 36 acres in total. None 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 burning8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 May 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18012
8 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18009
30 May 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 May 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 May 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSEVEN RINGS
16 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18014
12 May 1996Equipment and vehicle use19 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 May 2009Debris and open burning2.8 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesWILDWOOD RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marathon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Bradley: 11 past producers, 8 occurrences. 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
Arnold Spindler Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dead End Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
John Serve Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kratzer Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Rock Creek Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Stratford Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Alvin Bornbach Granite DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Bradley Granite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Equity Street Granite Deposit #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Equity Street Granite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marathon 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
Stratford3.4 miles12
Rozellville4.0 miles11
Weber4.2 miles12
Fenwood4.5 miles12
Rangeline4.8 miles5
Staadts (historical)5.8 miles12
Wien7.0 miles12
Halder7.6 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1562126. 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.