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Burkhardt, Wisconsin

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1985. It stands in St. Joseph town. It lies in ZIP code area 54016. It lies near Mount Hellen. The Survey maps it on the Somerset South quadrangle.

Burkhardt within St. Croix 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.

Fires near this place

12 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Burkhardt between 1992 and 2020, burning about 274 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 burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20181
2 June 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1900181
7 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1900149
4 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources46
27 May 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources190057
9 April 2005Debris and open burning260 acresSt. Croix Wetland Management DistrictGAME UNLIMITED
27 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources77

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Croix County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Burkhardt: 8 occurrences, 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Badlands Road Gravel Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Badlands Road Gravel Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Bright Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Carmichael Road Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Holden PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mc Cutcheon Road Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
North Hudson Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
North Hudson Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
St. Croix River Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
St. Croix River Sand Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in St. Croix County

Storms near this place

13 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burkhardt in 13 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 10 hail, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. 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
August 2009Tornado (EF1)Burkhardt$500,000A damage survey determined an EF-1 tornado touched down and tracked approximately six miles to two miles southeast of Boardman, Wisconsin. Numerous trees were snapped off or uprooted. Several garages and a boat were blown away. This tornado was also accompanied by very strong southerly inflow winds that also knocked down numerous trees 1/4 to 1/2 mile south of the tornado.
May 2011LightningBurkhardt$100,000A lightning bolt struck a home in Hudson, Wisconsin and caused severe damage.
August 2009Tornado (EF0)Burkhardt$25,000A National Weather Service Storm Survey determined that an EF-0 tornado tracked northward across a small portion of Hudson, Wisconsin, near County Road UU, and Larson Lane. Damage was mainly associated with large trees blown down, along with minor damage to several roofs. Based on the extent of the tree and roof damage, winds were estimated between 80 and 85 mph.
May 2022HailBurkhardt-A photo showed the lawn was mostly white with hail.
May 2022HailBurkhardt-Ground was mostly white with hail.
August 2023HailBurkhardt-no account filed
July 2023HailBurkhardt-no account filed
July 2023HailBurkhardt-no account filed
July 2023HailBurkhardt-no account filed
August 2005HailBurkhardt-no account filed
June 1995HailBurkhardt-no account filed
June 1995HailBurkhardt-no account filed
April 1994HailBurkhardt-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Croix 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
Burkhardt Station0.5 miles14
Sono Junction2.3 miles12
Northline3.4 miles12
Boardman4.7 miles14
North Hudson5.1 miles18
Hudson5.8 miles18
Roberts6.4 miles12
Somerset7.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1581602. 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.