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East Farmington, Wisconsin

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Farmington town. It lies in ZIP code area 54020. The Survey maps it on the Osceola quadrangle. It stands 1,040 feet above sea level.

East Farmington within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

13 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of East Farmington between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

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
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources209
16 August 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSaint Croix National Scenic RiverSOMERSET
11 June 2012Naturalunder an acreSaint Croix National Scenic RiverWATERFALL FIRE
1 June 2009Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources107
20 May 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources109

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of East Farmington: 4 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
John Gomulak Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Milo Measner Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Osceola Creek Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Osceola Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ridge Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Scandia Crushing & Wash PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

10 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Farmington in 10 storm reports between 1994 and 2019: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flood. 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
March 2019FloodEast Farmington$18,000Spring snow melt and recent heavy rainfall, led to flood waters affecting the Village of Clear Lake, as a breach in a sewer line over-burdened the system causing raw sewage to back up in approximately eight homes. 82nd Avenue in the Town of Osceola was partially closed due to flooding. Residents in the area of the road closure also had water in their homes.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindEast Farmington-The local law enforcement officials reported a tree blown down and blocking 10th Street, west of County Road 35, or approximately two miles south of East Farmington, Wisconsin.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindEast Farmington-The local law enforcement officials reported a large tree blown down about three miles east of East Farmington, Wisconsin.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindEast Farmington-A storm survey determined that several trees blew down south of East Farmington, Wisconsin.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)East Farmington-A tornado touched down in the northern city limits of Marine on St. Croix of Washington County in Minnesota, crossed through St. Croix County of Wisconsin, then dissipated in Polk County, Wisconsin. A damage survey found scattered trees down in St. Croix County.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindEast Farmington-Trees felled along West Church Road, between 192nd and 200th Streets in Alden Township.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindEast Farmington-Swath of numerous trees down.
June 2002HailEast Farmington-no account filed
June 2002HailEast Farmington-no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindEast Farmington-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Polk 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
Osceola4.7 miles24
Horse Creek6.1 miles22
Nye7.5 miles22
Dresser7.9 miles24
Sand Lake10.8 miles22
Saint Croix Falls11.3 miles23
Ubet11.3 miles22
Wanderoos11.4 miles13

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 East FarmingtonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5328338The 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 1564317. 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.