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Myra, Wisconsin

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Trenton town. It lies in ZIP code area 53095. The Survey maps it on the Newburg quadrangle.

Myra within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Myra between 2002 and 2020, burning about 21 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/undetermined11
Smoking4
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
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
28 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources785
25 August 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018127
20 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2002606
17 July 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 June 2019Smoking1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1901835
30 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2001951
26 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20038
26 May 2018Arson/incendiarism1.4 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesMUD LAKE BOARDWALK FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Myra: 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 2 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
Ciriak PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lakeland SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lane PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
O and W Wash PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Thoma PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Myra in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 hail. 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
June 2024HailMyra-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Newburg2.8 miles15
Cheeseville3.7 miles15
Keowns3.9 miles15
West Bend4.7 miles15
Barton4.9 miles15
Young America5.4 miles15
Fillmore6.0 miles15
Orchard Grove6.2 miles15

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 MyraAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6948084The 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 1570081. 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.