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Irvington, Wisconsin

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Menomonie town. It lies in ZIP code area 54751. It stands on Irving Creek. The Survey maps it on the Menomonie South quadrangle. It stands 768 feet above sea level.

Irvington within Dunn County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

9 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Irvington between 2007 and 2020, burning about 8 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
16 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1745
1 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1112
7 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources909
5 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources931
12 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources946
25 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources861
26 March 2018Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources667

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dunn County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Irvington: 6 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Own CrewsStoneUnknown
Irving Creek Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Irvington Dolomite DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Knights Creek Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Little Elk Creek Shale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Robert Stewart Dolomite DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Downsville Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dunn Cnty Hwy Dept. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Little Elk Creek Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Menomonie Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Dunn County

Storms near this place

11 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Irvington in 11 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash flood. 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
April 2020Thunderstorm WindIrvington-A trained spotter reported several trees that were blown down, and a few power poles damaged south of Menomonie.
June 2020Flash FloodIrvington-There were several roads that were closed across Dunn County due to the flooding. There was some mudslides noted between Lake Tainter and Wheeler. County Road W, north of Colfax, had one foot of flowing water over it during the height of the storm.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindIrvington-A large tree fell on a trailer house north of Downsville.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindIrvington-Numerous 6 to 24 inch diameter branches blew down west of 440th Street and 450th Street, or south of Menomonie. In addition, large tree branches were blocking 451st Avenue.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindIrvington-A three inch diameter tree was blown down across Road I, south of Menomonie, Wisconsin.
July 2008HailIrvington-Hail occurred in the city of Downsville.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindIrvington-Barn destroyed. Estimated windspeed.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindIrvington-Barn doors blown off. Estimated windspeed.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindIrvington-Large trees blown over. Several large trees blown onto railroad trestle bridge. Estimated windspeed.
August 2014HailIrvington-no account filed
April 2011HailIrvington-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dunn 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
Menomonie3.3 miles12
Downsville4.4 miles13
North Menomonie4.4 miles12
Menomonie Junction5.6 miles12
Comfort6.0 miles11
Weston6.4 miles11
Cedar Falls7.8 miles12
Rusk8.1 miles12

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 IrvingtonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6074894The 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 1566989. 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.