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Garnet, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Calumet town. It lies in ZIP code area 53049. The Survey maps it on the Brothertown quadrangle. It stands 942 feet above sea level.

Garnet within Fond du Lac County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

In the county-history sources

5,392 words on this township

The History of Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin, published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Calumet Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Calumet Town - 5,392 words.

Fires near this place

3 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Garnet in 2018, burning about 15 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
5 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018053
24 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use15 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018057
30 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018036

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fond du Lac County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Garnet: 1 producer, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Charlesburg QuarryStoneUnknown
Buechel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Charlesburg QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Fond du Lac 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
Calumetville2.2 miles12
Artesia Beach2.8 miles12
Pukwana Beach2.9 miles12
Pipe3.0 miles12
Marytown3.5 miles10
Calumet Harbor4.0 miles12
Johnsburg4.3 miles12
Winnebago Heights4.9 miles12

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 GarnetAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5523626The 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 1565424. 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.