BlockBrownville, Wisconsin
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Colburn town. It lies in ZIP code area 54768. The Survey maps it on the Huron quadrangle. It stands 1,152 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 6 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.
- 1951 USGS Gilman quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Huron quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Medford quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
34 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Brownville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 52 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 burning | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | RUSTY TIN FIRE |
| 30 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 186 |
| 2 July 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FARMSTEAD |
| 5 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 8020 |
| 5 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 8220 |
| 5 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1918 |
| 5 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PIGEON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Brownville: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browns Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hazuga Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Brownville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14714416 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1577527. 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.