Brill, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Oak Grove town. It lies in ZIP code area 54868. The Survey maps it on the Rice Lake North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 8 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.
- 1949 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:48000
- 1951 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1980 USGS Spooner quadrangle1:100000
- 1981 USGS Rice Lake North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
30 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Brill between 1993 and 2020, burning about 63 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 May 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 May 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | R.C. LAKE |
| 23 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 May 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PIONEER ROAD FIRE |
| 17 May 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Brill: 6 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. & R. Quillen Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Campia Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Drew Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| E. & G. Novak Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kahl Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Martinson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Smith Brothers Transfer Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Smith Brothers Transfer Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brill in 4 storm reports between 1994 and 2011: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brill | - | Several large tree branches were blown down near Brill. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brill | - | Trees were downed. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Brill | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Brill | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1562209. 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.






