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Brule, Wisconsin

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Brule town. It lies in ZIP code area 54820. It stands on Sandy Run. The Survey maps it on the Brule quadrangle.

Brule within Douglas 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

44 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Brule between 1992 and 2020, burning about 55 acres in total. 1 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 burning15
Equipment and vehicle use10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural1
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
8 September 1998Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 June 2007Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 June 1998Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 June 1998Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Brule: 11 past producers, 8 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. 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
AstorCopperUnknownChalcopyrite
PercivalCopperUnknownCopper
Bellwood PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Blueberry Creek Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Blueberry Creek Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Blueberry Creek Pit #3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Blueberry Creek Pit #4Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Blueberry Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Bois Brule River Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bois Brule River Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Douglas County

Storms near this place

9 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brule in 9 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2010Thunderstorm WindBrule$500A 6 to 7-inch diameter tree was snapped along Highway 27.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindBrule-There were trees and at least one power line down along the county road near Brule.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBrule-Sporadic wind damage was reported along most roads.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindBrule-Trees and power lines were blown down.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindBrule-Large trees were blown down on power lines.
July 2021HailBrule-no account filed
July 2011HailBrule-no account filed
May 2007HailBrule-no account filed
August 1998HailBrule-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Douglas 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
Winneboujou2.8 miles10
Bellwood3.5 miles12
Blueberry5.2 miles12
Waino6.0 miles10
Lake Nebagamon7.0 miles12
Maple8.0 miles12
Cloverland10.1 miles12
Poplar12.0 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1562290. 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.