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McGrew, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Marshall town. It lies in ZIP code area 53581. It lies near English Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Gillingham quadrangle. It stands 1,122 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

McGrew within Richland 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

61 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of McGrew (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 197 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
Debris and open burning30
Equipment and vehicle use12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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
13 September 2013Debris and open burning6.6 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesCO E AND ENGLISH RIDGE
9 July 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesDITCH 1
9 July 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesDITCH 2
15 July 2002Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 July 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 June 2012Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesFIRE WORKS 1
24 June 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 June 1992Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland 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 McGrew (historical): 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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
Bert Ray QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Brown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ewing QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Huth QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Motts QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Muldowney QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wilson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Richland 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
Gillingham2.9 miles12
Mill Creek (historical)3.5 miles10
Ashford (historical)3.6 miles12
Sabin5.0 miles10
Boaz5.1 miles10
Woodstock6.0 miles12
Buck Creek6.7 miles12
Bosstown6.7 miles10

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 McGrew (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6801470The 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 1957775. 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.