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Huron, Wisconsin

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Colburn town. It lies in ZIP code area 54433. It stands on Hay Creek. The Survey maps it on the Huron quadrangle. It stands 1,155 feet above sea level.

Huron within Chippewa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 6 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

38 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Huron between 1992 and 2020, burning about 88 acres in total. None 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 burning15
Equipment and vehicle use11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
19 August 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHOG BACK ROAD FIRE
5 June 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesLIVE WIRE
27 June 2012Equipment and vehicle use5.7 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesTELISCZAK FIRE
3 May 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 May 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesD RAIL FIRE #2
27 May 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesD RAIL FIRE #1
20 May 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHIGHWAY D MOWER FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chippewa 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 Huron: 3 past producers. None of them 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
Krupa Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lohdal PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Yellow River Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Chippewa 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
Ruby4.0 miles6
Colburn6.4 miles6
Brownville6.6 miles6
Maple Hill7.1 miles6
Arnold9.0 miles6
Crescent9.4 miles6
Cornell9.4 miles6
Holcombe10.2 miles6

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 HuronAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14714469The 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 1577652. 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.