Graytown, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1985. It lies in ZIP code area 54005. The Survey maps it on the Graytown quadrangle.

Graytown within Barron County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

1948 USGS Downing quadrangle1:62500
1950 USGS Downing quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
1975 USGS Graytown quadrangle1:24000
1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

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 Graytown between 2018 and 2020, burning under an acre 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/undetermined	2
Debris and open burning	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
6 June 2020	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	6620
6 May 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	2018015
30 March 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	15

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barron County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Graytown: 3 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Connorsville Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Connorsville Sand Deposit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence
Bolen Creek Dolomite Deposit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Occurrence
Bolen Creek Dolomite Deposit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Occurrence
Connorsville Sandstone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Barron 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Reeve	2.7 miles	12
Prairie Farm	8.1 miles	7
Arland	11.1 miles	12
Twin Town	12.2 miles	12
Turtle Lake	13.5 miles	12
Almena	15.8 miles	12
Hillsdale	16.3 miles	7
Poskin	16.9 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1565791. 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.