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Kelly, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Clearfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 53950. The Survey maps it on the Kelly quadrangle. It stands 909 feet above sea level.

Kelly within Juneau County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

297 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 297 fires within 5 miles of Kelly between 1992 and 2020, burning about 937 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 13 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 burning94
Missing data/not specified/undetermined61
Equipment and vehicle use41
Recreation and ceremony25
Power generation/transmission/distribution18
Arson/incendiarism13
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Smoking10
Fireworks7
Other causes4
Natural2

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
29 September 1999Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 September 1996Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesWINGS
1 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Juneau County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kelly: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
Juneau County OperationsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Necedah QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Juneau 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
Necedah4.3 miles12
Cloverdale5.8 miles14
Lone Rock6.3 miles12
New Lisbon7.0 miles12
Cutler8.3 miles14
Orange Mill8.3 miles12
Camp Douglas9.6 miles13
Hustler10.9 miles13

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 KellyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6385902The 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 1577673. 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.