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Clyde, Wisconsin

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Clyde town. It lies in ZIP code area 53506. It stands on Penn Hollow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clyde quadrangle. It stands 735 feet above sea level.

Clyde within Iowa 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

93 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Clyde between 1992 and 2019, burning about 289 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 burning45
Equipment and vehicle use14
Arson/incendiarism8
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1
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
2 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 August 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 August 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesCONWAY ROAD
4 July 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 July 2012Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSMITHERENES
15 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.6 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesGIES FIELD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Iowa 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 Clyde: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. 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
Unnamed Prospect Along Otter CreeCopperOccurrence
Unnamed Prospect Along Otter CreeCopperOccurrence

Every working recorded in Iowa County

Storms near this place

17 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clyde in 17 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado, 1 debris flow. 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
July 2016Thunderstorm WindClyde$15,000Trees and branches down throughout the county.
August 2005Tornado (F1)Clyde$15,000This tornado spun up at 1618CST about 1.8 miles north-northeast of Clyde, or about 0.3 mile northeast of the intersection of STH 130 and CTH C. The tornado headed northeast for 3.2 miles in Iowa County, and crossed into Sauk County, 4.5 miles northeast of Clyde at 1626CST, where CTH C makes its closest approach to the Wisconsin River. Only damage to trees, power-lines, and corn was noted by fire fighters and Emergency Managers. This tornado was rated a F1, and was extensively photographed when it was near the Wisconsin River. Average path width was about 75 yards.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindClyde$10,000A trained spotter reported trees downed by powerful thunderstorm winds that gusted to an estimated 65 mph (56 knots) about 3 miles south-southwest of Lone Rock. One of the downed trees blocked State Highway 130 for a time.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindClyde$8,000Trees and power lines down.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindClyde$7,000no account filed
July 2015Thunderstorm WindClyde$5,000Several trees down on highway C between Lower Wyoming Road and Schreiner Road.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindClyde$2,000Scattered branches and trees down. Some tree tops snapped off.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindClyde$2,000Two trees down and a power line fire.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindClyde$2,000no account filed
May 2024Debris FlowClyde$1,000A mudslide occurred near the intersection of highway 130 and 133 in northwest Iowa County near the WI River after many rounds of heavy rainfall.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindClyde$1,000Fallen tree on highway 133.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindClyde$1,000A large tree, 24 inches in diameter, knocked down.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindClyde$1,000no account filed
September 2024HailClyde-Public report of one inch diameter hail southwest of Spring Green at 143 PM CST.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindClyde-Large trees were pushed over by powerful thunderstorm wind gusts.
April 2008HailClyde-no account filed
July 2003HailClyde-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Iowa 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
Wyoming5.3 miles11
Avoca7.4 miles10
Pleasant Ridge8.6 miles11
Highland10.2 miles10
Helena10.6 miles11
Edmund10.9 miles12
Dodgeville11.8 miles14
Coon Rock12.0 miles15

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 ClydeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5136849The 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 1577550. 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.