BlockGraham Corners, Wisconsin
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Forest town. It lies in ZIP code area 53079. The Survey maps it on the Dundee quadrangle. It stands 1,050 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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 Kewaskum quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Dundee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Fond Du Lac quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Dundee quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
5,486 words on this townshipThe History of Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin, published 1880; Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin, Past and Present, published 1912 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Forest Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Forest Town - 5,486 words.
Fires near this place
5 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Graham Corners between 1994 and 2019, burning about 59 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 29 |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 201834 |
| 22 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2019016 |
| 31 October 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 October 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 56 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MULLET RIVER MARSH FIRE |
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 Graham Corners: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gelling County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gobels Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Schroeder 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Banner | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Chinatown | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Dotyville | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Dundee | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Saint Cloud | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Waucousta | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Mount Calvary | 7.5 miles | 10 |
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 Graham Corners | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5592737 | 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 1565705. 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.