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Larsen, Wisconsin

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Clayton town. It lies in ZIP code area 54947. The Survey maps it on the Oshkosh NE quadrangle.

Larsen within Winnebago County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

25 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Larsen between 2005 and 2020, burning about 436 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/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks1
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
6 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources106
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources202039
17 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources60
29 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources3
23 June 2018Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources88
9 May 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources71
4 May 2019Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources56
16 May 2020Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2009

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Winnebago County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Larsen: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Larsen PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Doro QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Perry QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Winnebago County

Storms near this place

12 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Larsen in 12 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 2000Thunderstorm WindLarsen$25,000no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindLarsen-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Larsen. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
August 2015HailLarsen-Quarter size hail fell near the intersection of Highway 76 AND Country Highway II.
August 2015HailLarsen-Nickel to quarter size hail fell in Clayton Township.
August 2014HailLarsen-Penny size hail fell east of Larsen.
April 2014Heavy RainLarsen-Thunderstorms with heavy rainfall caused small stream flooding around the intersection of CH-JJ and SH-76 southwest of Neenah.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindLarsen-Thunderstorms produced a wind gust to 60 mph as they passed northeast of Winneconne.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindLarsen-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees on Oakwood Road west of Neenah.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindLarsen-Thunderstorm winds knocked trees down in the town of Clayton.
June 2008HailLarsen-no account filed
June 2006HailLarsen-no account filed
June 2006HailLarsen-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Winnebago 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
Winchester2.2 miles8
Medina Junction2.9 miles10
Allenville4.1 miles10
Clarks Point5.4 miles8
Piacenza5.4 miles8
Indian Shores5.5 miles8
Lasleys Point6.2 miles8
Butte des Morts6.6 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1567855. 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.