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Falun, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Daniels town. The Survey maps it on the Falun quadrangle.

Falun within Burnett County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 12 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

106 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Falun between 1993 and 2020, burning about 174 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 7 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 burning37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use18
Natural8
Arson/incendiarism7
Fireworks3
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHAY WAGON FIRE
29 September 2012Debris and open burning1.1 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesDEER STAND FIRE
24 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSIREN NATIONAL.....
3 August 2008Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesFALUN MEADOWS
22 August 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Burnett County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Falun: 3 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 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
Beckmark PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Karlsborg Pit #3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Mud Hen Lake Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mud Hen Lake Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Mud Hen Lake Pit #3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Mud Hen Lake Pit #4Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Peterson Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Spirit Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Burnett County

Storms near this place

8 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Falun in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2010: 7 hail, 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
July 2010Thunderstorm WindFalun$500A 12-inch diameter pine tree was blown down by the winds.
July 2010HailFalun-The hail stripped plants of their leaves.
April 2004HailFalun-no account filed
July 2003HailFalun-no account filed
August 2000HailFalun-no account filed
August 2000HailFalun-no account filed
August 1997HailFalun-no account filed
September 1997HailFalun-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Burnett 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
Alpha2.8 miles12
Trade Lake6.6 miles16
Four Corners7.7 miles16
Siren7.8 miles14
Grantsburg8.2 miles12
Branstad8.6 miles16
Pole Cat Crossing9.0 miles16
Webster11.2 miles14

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 FalunAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5432830The 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 1564850. 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.