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Guthrie, Wisconsin

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Vernon Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53189. The Survey maps it on the Muskego quadrangle. It stands 935 feet above sea level.

Guthrie within Waukesha County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

10,878 words on this township

The History of Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Containing an Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources; an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities, Towns and Villages--their Improvements, Industries, Manufactories, Churches, Schools and Societies; Its War Record, Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Prominent Men and Early Settlers; the Whole Preceded by a History of Wisconsin, Statistics of the State, and an Abstract of Its Laws and Constitution and of the Constitution of the United States, published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Vernon Village covers the township.

Read the chapter on Vernon Village - 10,878 words.

Fires near this place

34 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Guthrie between 2010 and 2020, burning about 404 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
28 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources453
9 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources186
4 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources407
7 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2265
6 July 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2244
4 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources140
30 July 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources417
15 July 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources367

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Waukesha County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Guthrie: 7 producers, 1 past producer. 7 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Buege Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hales Corners PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kohler PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Park View Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit 14 and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Valley BlacktopSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Valley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Valley Pit Hillview S & GSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Waukesha 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
Glen Oaks Estates1.4 miles18
Prospect2.6 miles18
Lake Forest2.8 miles18
Big Bend3.0 miles18
Vernon3.1 miles23
Muskego3.5 miles18
Woodcrest Heights3.8 miles18
Squire Glen Estates4.6 miles18

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 GuthrieAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5621759The 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 1577190. 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.