BlockBrushville, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Bloomfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 54965. The Survey maps it on the Poy Sippi quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Poy Sippi quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Poy Sippi quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Appleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
144 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Brushville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 234 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 14 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 | 60 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.3 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.2 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PAINT CAN |
| 21 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 61 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MUD CREEK |
| 5 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SUMMER FIRE |
| 21 August 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Brushville: 1 producer. All of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brushville in 1 storm report in 2022: 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Brushville | $645,000 | A tornado formed at 5:41 pm CDT near West Bloomfield in northeast Waushara County and continued northeast before dissipating at 5:47 pm CDT. Total path length is estimated to be 4.8131 miles long, with a width of 100 yards. Peak wind estimated to be around 95 mph. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poy Sippi | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| West Bloomfield | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Pine River | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Fountain Valley | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Tustin | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Saxeville | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Borth | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Auroraville | 8.1 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1577528. 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.