Brice Prairie, Wisconsin

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Onalaska town. It lies in ZIP code area 54650. It stands on Brice Prairie. The Survey maps it on the Holmen quadrangle.

Brice Prairie within La Crosse County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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.

1930 USGS La Crescent quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1956 USGS La Crescent quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Holmen quadrangle1:24000
1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:100000
1990 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Brice Prairie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 55 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9
Railroad operations and maintenance	8
Debris and open burning	8
Recreation and ceremony	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Smoking	2
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
9 September 2003	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	LaCrosse District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge	PAMMEL CREEK FIRE
16 July 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	200504
4 June 2019	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	19-0479
15 June 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	18-0431
3 May 1992	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
27 May 1992	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
27 May 1992	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
24 May 2009	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in La Crosse County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Brice Prairie: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Lacrosse County Highway Dept. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Dresbach Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Kings Bluff Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in La Crosse 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Midway	2.3 miles	13
Holmen	2.9 miles	13
New Amsterdam	3.2 miles	13
Sunset Point (historical)	3.2 miles	13
Lakeview (historical)	3.5 miles	13
French Island Village	4.3 miles	13
Onalaska	5.1 miles	17
French Island	5.9 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1867653. 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.