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Butte des Morts, Wisconsin

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Winneconne town. It lies in ZIP code area 54927. It sits by Grand Butte Des Morts. The Survey maps it on the Omro quadrangle.

Butte des Morts within Winnebago County

On record in Butte des Morts

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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.

In the county-history sources

3,161 words on this township

History of Winnebago County, Wisconsin, and Early History of the Northwest, published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Winneconne Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Winneconne Town - 3,161 words.

Fires near this place

10 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Butte des Morts between 2003 and 2020, burning about 406 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/undetermined7
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1
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 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources202039
10 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources284
22 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018028
4 May 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesCOUNTY H #1
12 May 2020Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources202018
20 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources160
29 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources201812
18 November 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources202053

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Winnebago County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Butte des Morts: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Peters PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Broehm QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Doro QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Grundy QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sheppard QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Thomack QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Winnebago County

Storms near this place

4 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Butte des Morts in 4 storm reports between 2017 and 2022: 2 tornado, 1 hail, 1 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
July 2022Thunderstorm WindButte Des Morts-Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees near Butte des Morts. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
June 2020Tornado (EF0)Butte Des Morts-A brief tornado touchdown was witnessed by the Oshkosh Fire Department near Highway 45 near Butte des Morts. No damage was reported.
June 2020Tornado (EF0)Butte Des Morts-A storm chaser and the public spotted a tornado over Lake Butte des Morts near County S. The tornado dissipated before reaching shore.
August 2017HailButte Des Morts-Penny size hail fell east of Butte Des Morts.

Every storm recorded in Winnebago 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
Nichols Shore Acres0.8 miles8
Plummer Point1.5 miles8
Rivermoor2.5 miles8
Harbor Springs3.0 miles8
Allenville3.0 miles10
Reighmoor3.1 miles8
Winneconne3.2 miles8
Shangri La Point3.4 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1562472. 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.