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Byrds Creek, Wisconsin

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Richwood town. It lies in ZIP code area 53518. It lies near Brimstone Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Blue River quadrangle.

Byrds Creek within Richland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

95 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Byrds Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 136 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 burning40
Equipment and vehicle use24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism10
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
23 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesGARNER LAKE FIRE
5 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesJACUZZI FIRE
25 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.9 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesBASSWOOD ROAD
20 July 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Byrds Creek: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Blue River QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hogskin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Richland County

Storms near this place

1 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Byrds Creek in 1 storm report in 2015: 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
June 2015Thunderstorm WindByrds Creek$10,000Trees were blown down and a barn was damaged by wind gusts north of Port Andrew.

Every storm recorded in Richland 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
Port Andrew1.3 miles10
Sand Prairie3.5 miles10
Basswood3.9 miles12
Balmoral4.5 miles10
Excelsior4.8 miles10
Wild Rose4.9 miles10
Westport5.0 miles10
Orion6.5 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1562494. 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.