Cloverdale, Wisconsin
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Necedah town. It lies in ZIP code area 54646. The Survey maps it on the Cutler quadrangle. It stands 919 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Necedah quadrangle1:48000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Cutler quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Black River Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
122 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Cloverdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,194 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 7 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 burning | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Necedah National Wildlife Refuge | TOWNSHIP |
| 29 September 1999 | Other causes | 3.2 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ASPEN FIRE |
| 12 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BLACK 22 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cloverdale: 1 past producer. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Necedah Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cloverdale in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2023: 1 lightning, 1 heavy rain. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Lightning | Cloverdale | $55,000 | A fire caused by a lightning strike, destroyed a house west of Necedah. |
| October 2023 | Heavy Rain | Cloverdale | - | An automated weather observation station reported 2.10 inches of rainfall near Necedah. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cutler | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Necedah | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Kelly | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Lone Rock | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Camp Douglas | 8.6 miles | 13 | |
| Sprague | 8.8 miles | 12 | |
| Orange Mill | 9.0 miles | 12 | |
| New Lisbon | 10.1 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Cloverdale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5135942 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1577548. 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.





