Four Corners, Wisconsin
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Trade Lake town. It lies in ZIP code area 54840. The Survey maps it on the Trade Lake quadrangle. It stands 1,007 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1951 USGS Milltown quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Milltown quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Milltown NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Trade Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Grantsburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
56 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Four Corners between 1993 and 2020, burning about 106 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HIGHWAY 48 |
| 1 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MEDCHILL ROAD FIRE #1 |
| 31 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MEDCHILL ROAD FIRE #3 |
| 31 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MEDCHILL ROAD FIRE #2 |
| 26 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 201843 |
| 22 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 33 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Four Corners: 18 occurrences, 15 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Prospect Near Forsythe La | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Forsythe La | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Rice Lake | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Rice Lake | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Round Lake | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Round Lake | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Young Lake | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Young Lake | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Amundson Sand Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Amundson Sand Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Four Corners in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2023: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Four Corners | $2,000 | A power pole was snapped by the winds during the storm. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Four Corners | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trade Lake | 1.3 miles | 16 | |
| Pole Cat Crossing | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Trade River | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Branstad | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| Alpha | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Falun | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| Grantsburg | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Lind | 11.8 miles | 16 |
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 Four Corners | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5475069 | 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 1565182. 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.









