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Clifford, Wisconsin

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1980. It lies in ZIP code area 54564. It stands on Meadow Brook. The Survey maps it on the Brantwood quadrangle.

Clifford within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

Fires near this place

31 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Clifford between 1993 and 2019, burning about 86 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
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
25 August 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 July 2009Fireworks2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesCARPENTER ROAD
20 July 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 July 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 June 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 June 2003Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 May 2002Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 May 1994Smoking1.6 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Clifford: 2 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Gold, Zinc. 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
Ritchie Creek PropsectCopper, Gold, ZincProspect1979
Johnson Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Scott Creek Gravel Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Scott Creek Gravel Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Scott Creek Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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
Tripoli2.6 miles10
McCord7.6 miles10
Spirit Falls7.8 miles10
Bradley15.3 miles10
Jersey City16.5 miles9
West Kraft17.3 miles9
Heafford Junction17.4 miles12
Tomahawk17.6 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1577547. 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.