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Hurricane, Wisconsin

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1984. It stands in South Lancaster town. It lies in ZIP code area 53813. The Survey maps it on the Hurricane quadrangle. It stands 981 feet above sea level.

Hurricane within Grant County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

3 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Hurricane between 2018 and 2020, burning about 6 acres 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/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
27 April 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources16A2018
26 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources100050
24 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20099

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant 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 Hurricane: 4 past producers, 3 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Mcman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pennecamp QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Black JackZinc, LeadUnknownSphalerite
Eberle MineZinc, LeadUnknownSphalerite
Eberle MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
Yellow Jacket MineZinc, LeadUnknownSphalerite
Coon Hollow MineZincPast Producer
Seng Farm ProspectZincOccurrence

Every working recorded in Grant County

Storms near this place

2 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hurricane in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHurricane$350,000Emergency management reported numerous trees and power lines down in central Grant County.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindHurricane$175,000Strong thunderstorms winds destroyed a 9,000 square foot metal shed dumping about 20,000 bushels of corn on the ground. The shed was destroyed but the corn was able to be salvaged.

Every storm recorded in Grant 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
Five Points2.8 miles16
Flora Fountain4.9 miles16
Burton5.2 miles16
Lancaster5.4 miles15
Beetown6.1 miles16
Rockville6.2 miles16
Buena Vista6.6 miles16
British Hollow7.0 miles16

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 HurricaneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14714470The 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 1566825. 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.