Foxboro, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Summit town. It lies in ZIP code area 54836. The Survey maps it on the Foxboro quadrangle. It stands 922 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1949 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Foxboro quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Sandstone quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
52 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Foxboro between 1993 and 2017, burning about 565 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BALE FIRE |
| 4 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 July 2005 | 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
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Foxboro: 2 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Church Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Nemadji River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Old Logging Rd Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Foxboro in 3 storm reports in 2019: 2 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Foxboro | - | A photo was received showing a few inches of water over County Highway B in Foxboro. |
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Foxboro | - | Patzau-Foxboro Road was closed due to high water. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Foxboro | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patzau | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Dewey | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Dedham | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Borea | 8.2 miles | 12 | |
| Black River | 8.6 miles | 12 | |
| Chaffey | 9.6 miles | 12 | |
| Boylston | 10.9 miles | 12 | |
| Four Corners | 12.0 miles | 12 |
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 Foxboro | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5477086 | 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 1565238. 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.





