Dexterville, Wisconsin
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Dexter town. It lies in ZIP code area 54495. It stands on Owl Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Dexter quadrangle. It stands 991 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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
- 1957 USGS Pittsville quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Pittsville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Lake Dexter quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Black River Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
56 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Dexterville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 77 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CEMETERY |
| 3 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BIRTHDAY BEAR FIRE |
| 26 August 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PINE FIRE |
| 25 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 1992 | Natural | 9.8 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Dexterville: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grange Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dexterville in 3 storm reports between 1995 and 1999: 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dexterville | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dexterville | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dexterville | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Dexterville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5268479 | 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 1563957. 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.






