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Centerville, Wisconsin

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Rush River town. It lies in ZIP code area 54002. The Survey maps it on the Martell quadrangle.

Centerville within St. Croix County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

4 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Centerville between 1993 and 2019, burning about 2 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 burning2
Arson/incendiarism1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
14 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19-2690
13 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19-2665
12 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18-2515
6 October 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Croix County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Centerville: 10 past producers, 8 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Slate, Dimension. 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
Pierce County OperationsSlate, DimensionProducer
Trimbelle River Limestone Quarry #3Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Clay Corner Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Clay Corner Road Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
H L Olsen Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hauser PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hillcrest Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Hillcrest Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lilly Hanson Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Martell Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working 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
Palmer2.8 miles11
Wildwood6.3 miles11
Baldwin7.2 miles11
Hammond7.8 miles11
Woodville8.8 miles11
Dahl9.9 miles11
Roberts11.1 miles12
Hersey12.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1581615. 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.