Earl, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Springbrook town. It lies in ZIP code area 54875. It stands on Whalen Creek. The Survey maps it on the Trego quadrangle. It stands 1,099 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 8 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.
- 1948 USGS Spooner quadrangle1:48000
- 1949 USGS Spooner quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Spooner quadrangle1:62500
- 1980 USGS Spooner quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Trego quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
106 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Earl between 1992 and 2020, burning about 84 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HAMILTON |
| 12 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TREGO TROUBLE |
| 10 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 August 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PIZZA TRAIN 1 |
| 20 August 2013 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | VEAZIE 2 |
| 20 August 2013 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | WEST |
| 19 August 2013 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | OAK HILL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Earl: 14 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chauncey Jacobsen Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Chauncey Jacobsen Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Douglas M. Strunk Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Fred & Lucille Bohne Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| G. M. Thompson Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Gerald Campbell Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Hannah Doyne Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Haugen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lavern Graham Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Namekagon River Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Earl in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Earl | - | Photos were received of trees snapped around six feet above the ground between Earl and Springbrook. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Earl | - | A tree was down across the railroad tracks about 2 miles from Springbrook. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Earl | - | A tree was down blocking three quarters of the road on County Highway E near Earl. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Earl | - | Photos were received showing a large white pine tree and a large oak tree that were broken during the storm. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Earl | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Earl | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trego | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Springbrook | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Lampson | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Spooner | 9.1 miles | 8 | |
| Stanberry | 9.7 miles | 9 | |
| Chicago Junction | 10.0 miles | 8 | |
| Madge | 11.5 miles | 8 | |
| Beaver Brook | 11.6 miles | 8 |
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 Earl | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5325691 | 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 1564266. 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.






