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Charme, Wisconsin

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Eastman town. It lies in ZIP code area 54626. It lies near Sioux Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Harpers Ferry quadrangle.

Charme within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

34 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Charme between 1993 and 2020, burning about 54 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
Equipment and vehicle use13
Debris and open burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
6 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesGRAPEVINE N FIRE
6 May 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 May 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 May 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 May 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.4 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesEASTMAN RIDGE
5 April 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford 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 Charme: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead. 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
Harpers Ferry DiggingsLeadPast ProducerGalena
Harpers Ferry PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Quality Sand & Gravel Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Brazell QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
O Connel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Shrader QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Crawford County

Storms near this place

9 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Charme in 9 storm reports between 2013 and 2023: 4 heavy rain, 3 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 2021Flash FloodCharme$110,000Runoff from storms with locally heavy rain caused standing high water, mud and rock slides that caused officials to close State Highway 35 between County Highways D and N west of Eastman. Additional county and township roads and bridges were damaged by floodwaters near Seneca.
June 2014Flash FloodCharme$50,000Runoff from heavy rain caused a small creek north of Prairie du Chien to go out of its banks and cause some damage along Mill Coulee Road. Private driveways were washed out along with concrete sections of the road.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindCharme$2,000A tree was blown down onto a power line north of Prairie du Chien.
May 2023FloodCharme-Significant upstream runoff from the combination of heavy rainfall and rapidly melting snow resulted in major flooding in the city of Prairie Du Chien. Impacts included road closures from rising water on St. Feriole Island, Highway 18, and County Road K. Many homes were also affected as residents had to be evacuated from rising waters. Dry conditions allowed the Mississippi River to slowly recede and drop below minor flood stage at the dam in McGregor, Iowa on May 15th.
June 2021Heavy RainCharme-Southwest of Eastman, 4.75 inches of rain fell.
June 2021Heavy RainCharme-Southwest of Lynxville, 9.5 inches of rain fell.
August 2016Flash FloodCharme-A mudslide occurred south of Lynxville that covered both lanes of State Highway 35.
June 2013Heavy RainCharme-The COOP observer at the Lynxville Lock and Dam reported 3.87 inches of rain.
April 2013Heavy RainCharme-The COOP observer at Lynxville reported 2.18 inches of rain.

Every storm recorded in Crawford 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
Eastman6.4 miles19
Lynxville6.9 miles19
White Corners7.6 miles19
Prairie du Chien8.0 miles20
Seneca11.6 miles10
Bridgeport11.7 miles19
Ferryville12.8 miles18
Wauzeka14.7 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1577542. 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.