Galloway, Wisconsin
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Franzen town. The Survey maps it on the Rosholt quadrangle. It stands 1,171 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rosholt quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Rosholt quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Wausau quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
48 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Galloway between 1992 and 2020, burning about 100 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | NORSKE ROAD FIRE |
| 22 July 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HWY I POWERLINE FIRE |
| 5 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PLOWLINE |
| 5 May 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 May 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.7 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BRICCO RD. |
| 24 May 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 May 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.6 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ROUNDUP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Galloway: 12 occurrences, 4 past producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comet Creek Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Elderon Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Galloway Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Harry Kulas Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Holt Creek Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| John Bushman Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| John Bushman Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| John Meronk Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Lorbiecki Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Mcdevitt Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holt | 3.3 miles | 7 | |
| Elderon | 5.0 miles | 7 | |
| Bevent | 7.7 miles | 9 | |
| Shantytown | 8.6 miles | 7 | |
| Pike Lake | 8.8 miles | 9 | |
| Ingersoll | 9.6 miles | 9 | |
| Little Eau Claire | 11.0 miles | 9 | |
| Norrie | 11.9 miles | 9 |
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 Galloway | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5519169 | 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 1565385. 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.



