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Bud, Wisconsin

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Jefferson town. It lies in ZIP code area 54665. The Survey maps it on the Viroqua quadrangle.

Bud within Vernon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Jefferson town. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.

From History of Vernon County, Wisconsin .., published 1884 - Jefferson Town

Cyclone

June 23, IS'ZS, a small cyclone struck the residence of William Frazier on section 5, of town 1.3, range 5, and completely demolished it. At the time, there were eleven persons in the house - Mr. and Mrs. Frazier, and their six children, his sister-in-law and child, and a hired girl. None w^^ere killed, but several were seriously injured.

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In the county-history sources

11,529 words on this township

History of Vernon County, Wisconsin .., published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Jefferson Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Jefferson Town - 11,529 words.

Fires near this place

4 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Bud between 2018 and 2020, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
5 April 2020Debris and open burning1.5 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources162020
30 April 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18057
29 February 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20034
10 November 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20190

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Vernon 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 Bud: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Own CrewsStoneUnknown
Lepke QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Newton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Vernon County

Storms near this place

6 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bud in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2017: 3 flash flood, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2014Flash FloodBud$10,000Runoff from heavy rain caused Sidie Hollow Creek to go out of its banks with damage occurring on the western side of Sidie Hollow Park. Walking bridges, picnic tables, trash cans and trees were all washed away.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindBud$5,000Trees were blown down onto a camper west of Viroqua.
June 2011Flash FloodBud$2,000Slow moving thunderstorms produced locally heavy rain that created flash flooding along Sidie Hollow Creek. The flooding affected the Sidie Hollow Park and Campground where the Viroqua Fire Department rescued a man that became trapped in an overturned pickup truck. In the same area, a mudslide occurred on County Road XX.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindBud$1,000Trees were blown down in Sidie Hollow County Park.
September 2016Flash FloodBud-Flash flooding along Coe Hollow Creek prompted officials to evacuate Sidie Hollow Campground.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindBud-An estimated wind gust of 65 mph occurred west of Viroqua.

Every storm recorded in Vernon 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
Springville3.1 miles14
Purdy4.3 miles11
Newton4.5 miles11
Esofea5.2 miles14
Viroqua5.3 miles14
Liberty Pole6.3 miles10
West Prairie6.6 miles18
Fargo7.3 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1577531. 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.