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Glidden, Wisconsin

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 2005. It stands in Jacobs town. It lies in ZIP code area 54527. It stands on Schraum Creek. The Survey maps it on the Glidden quadrangle.

Glidden within Ashland County

On record in Glidden

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 10 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

53 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Glidden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 36 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 burning20
Equipment and vehicle use11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Other causes3
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesLUEBBEN FIRE
30 July 2002Other causesunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 July 1994Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 July 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ashland County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Glidden: 12 occurrences, 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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
Ashland County Highway Dept.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Borman Rd Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Bump Rd Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Chequamegon National Forest PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Dryden Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
East Fork Chippewa River Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Eder Rd Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Glidden Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Gordon Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Herman Throm Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ashland County

Storms near this place

16 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glidden in 16 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 flood. 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 2010Thunderstorm WindGlidden$500Large tree branches were blown down.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindGlidden-Powerlines were downed in Glidden by the strong winds.
June 2012FloodGlidden-Highway 13 was inundated from flooding of the Chippewa River.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindGlidden-A tree was blown down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindGlidden-Trees were blown onto power lines.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindGlidden-Many trees were blown down from Glidden to Augustine Lake along Highway N. A garage was blown down and a large pine tree was blown onto a house.
April 2004HailGlidden-There were high winds also which flattened a stand of 60-foot-tall pine trees.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindGlidden-Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindGlidden-Trees and power lines were blown down. The wind speed is estimated.
July 1997HailGlidden-A car windshield was smashed by the hail.
April 2004HailGlidden-no account filed
July 2002HailGlidden-no account filed
July 2002HailGlidden-no account filed
July 2002HailGlidden-no account filed
June 1999HailGlidden-no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindGlidden-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ashland 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
Shanagolden3.3 miles11
Peeksville3.6 miles9
Morse6.6 miles10
Cayuga9.3 miles10
Butternut9.6 miles10
Tannery Town13.3 miles12
Mellen13.9 miles12
White City13.9 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1579335. 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.