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Larrabee, Wisconsin

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Gibson town. It lies in ZIP code area 54227. The Survey maps it on the Larrabee quadrangle. It stands 735 feet above sea level.

Larrabee within Manitowoc County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

6 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Larrabee between 2018 and 2020, burning about 2 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/undetermined3
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
3 June 2020Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources7595
29 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources13
1 May 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources21
26 April 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18
19 November 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources39
1 November 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources37

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Manitowoc County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Larrabee: 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 still produce. 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
D Thielbar Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gretz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Q PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Schuette Construction Company PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Yanda PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Zeman Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Manitowoc County

Storms near this place

2 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Larrabee in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2022: 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
August 2022Thunderstorm WindLarrabee-Thunderstorm winds downed multiple trees in Larrabee. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindLarrabee-Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees across Manitowoc County. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.

Every storm recorded in Manitowoc 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
Melnik2.2 miles8
Fisherville2.7 miles8
Zander3.1 miles8
Kingsbridge4.3 miles8
Mishicot4.4 miles8
Cooperstown4.4 miles8
Francis Creek4.7 miles8
Maribel4.9 miles8

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 LarrabeeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6489779The 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 1567852. 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.