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Fifield, Wisconsin

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Fifield town. It lies in ZIP code area 54524. It stands on Murray Creek. The Survey maps it on the Park Falls quadrangle. It stands 1,489 feet above sea level.

Fifield within Price County

On record in Fifield

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

66 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Fifield between 1992 and 2019, burning about 65 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism9
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks2
Other causes1
Smoking1

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
13 September 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 June 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 June 1992Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 June 2010Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSEVERT FIRE
25 June 2009Debris and open burning1.3 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesJOHNSON FIRE
21 June 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesWHITE ROCK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Price County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Fifield: 15 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them 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
Betsy Creek Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Burtle Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Chada Road Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Chada Road Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Chada Road Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Coolidge Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fifield Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fifield Lookout Tow. Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Fifield Lookout Tower Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Krucky Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Price County

Storms near this place

25 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fifield in 25 storm reports between 1993 and 2020: 10 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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 1995HailFifield$600,000Hail from 1.25 to three inches in diameter fell in and around Fifield between 1624 and 1635CST. An automobile dealership sustained $550 thousand worth of damage to inventory.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindFifield$2,500Trees were blown down near Pike Lake in the Chequamegon National Forest.
June 2017Flash FloodFifield$1,000A culvert washed out along Old Highway 13/Case Avenue.
June 2017FloodFifield$1,000Water flowed over Wisconsin State Highway 13 and Boyer Road near Fifield.
July 2020Flash FloodFifield-Numerous roads were closed due to water in the town of Fifield.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindFifield-Scattered tree damage was observed in the area.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindFifield-There were numerous trees down across town.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindFifield-Downed trees blocked Highway 70 and power lines were down in Fifield WI.
July 2010Flash FloodFifield-Widespread street flooding with water covering roadways occurred across mainly northern Price County, centered around the Fifield and Park Falls area.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindFifield-Trees were blown down near the intersection of Highway 70 and Highway 13.
October 2007Tornado (EF0)Fifield-At least two homes received minor damage, including blown out windows. One large tree and several limbs were downed.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindFifield-Trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindFifield-Large trees and power lines were blown down on State Highway 13. Also, three-quarter inch diameter hail fell.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindFifield-Numerous trees were blown down and blocking Hwy 70.
August 2018HailFifield-no account filed
May 2008HailFifield-no account filed
June 2007HailFifield-no account filed
June 2007HailFifield-no account filed
July 2007HailFifield-no account filed
July 2007HailFifield-no account filed
June 2005HailFifield-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindFifield-no account filed
June 2001HailFifield-no account filed
May 1994HailFifield-no account filed
August 1993Tornado (F0)Fifield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Price 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
Park Falls3.9 miles11
Lymantown4.1 miles11
Coolidge (historical)4.8 miles11
Kaiser (historical)7.2 miles9
Lugerville8.5 miles10
Kennedy12.6 miles12
Phillips12.7 miles10
Cranberry Lake17.0 miles10

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 FifieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5447410The 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 1564931. 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.