Jewett, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Erin Prairie town. It lies in ZIP code area 54017. It stands on South Fork Willow River. The Survey maps it on the Jewett quadrangle. It stands 1,040 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1950 USGS Deer Park quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Jewett quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Jewett between 1994 and 2020, burning about 143 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 146 |
| 4 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | St. Croix Wetland Management District | FIREWORKS |
| 5 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 114 |
| 27 June 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 112 |
| 23 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 101 |
| 23 May 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 123 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ODEN WILDLIFE AREA |
| 28 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 84 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Jewett: 8 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 1 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Swenson Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Deer Park Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Goose Pond Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lavelle Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Merlin Frank Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| New Richmond Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ray Mcnamara Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Van Dyke Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Willow River Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Willow River Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erin Corner | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Stanton | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Cylon | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Riverside | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| New Richmond | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Deer Park | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Wall Street Village | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Star Prairie | 7.4 miles | 14 |
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 Jewett | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6189681 | The 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 1581658. 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.







