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Dale, Wisconsin

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Dale town. It lies in ZIP code area 54931. The Survey maps it on the Hortonville quadrangle.

Dale within Outagamie County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Dale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 457 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 burning9
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
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
29 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources3
21 June 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 June 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 May 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources71
9 May 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources5000117
5 May 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 May 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesCOUNTY HIGHWAY W

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Outagamie County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Dale: 14 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Readfield QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Courtney and Plummer Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
F Acheson Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hortonville Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Hortonville Sand Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Hortonville Sand Deposit #3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Island Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
J Jentz Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
J R Lathrop Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jentz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Outagamie County

Storms near this place

9 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dale in 9 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 6 hail, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
September 2025Thunderstorm WindDale-Thunderstorm winds downed trees near Dale. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
June 2016HailDale-Quarter size hail fell near Dale as thunderstorms passed.
September 2016HailDale-Quarter size hail fell near Dale as thunderstorms moved across southwest Outagamie County.
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Dale-The tornado that formed near Saxeville in Waushara County moved across southeast Waupaca County and into southwest Outagamie County at 7:32 pm CDT (1832 CST). The tornado, which was not on the ground the entire time, damaged a couple of farm buildings just south of Hortonville before it dissipated. One of the buildings lost part of its roof (DI 1, DOD 5). The average path width was 100 yards.
April 2011Funnel CloudDale-A ham radio operator spotted a funnel cloud near Dale in southwest Outagamie County.
May 2011HailDale-Half dollar size hail fell near Dale.
May 2011HailDale-Half dollar size hail fell in Dale.
October 2006HailDale-Half to three-quarter inch hail lasted for 9 minutes.
July 2008HailDale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Outagamie 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
Medina2.1 miles7
Hortonville4.8 miles7
Greenville7.8 miles8
Stephensville8.5 miles8
Hamples Corner12.1 miles10
Shiocton13.0 miles8
Bell Heights13.9 miles10
Appleton14.0 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1563669. 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.