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Nowell, Wisconsin

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Lebanon town. It lies in ZIP code area 54949. The Survey maps it on the Northport quadrangle. It stands 863 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.

Nowell within Waupaca County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

68 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Nowell (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 53 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning38
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking2
Fireworks2
Natural1
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
4 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSHADY LANE
3 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesMERGER FIRE
21 July 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 July 2009Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesLITTLE CREEK SOUTH
18 July 2009Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesLITTLE CREEK NORTH
2 June 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesGARDEN PATCH
8 May 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesPLEASANT VIEW
21 May 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Waupaca 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 Nowell (historical): 7 past producers. None of them still produces. 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
A Matz Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
B Duch Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Breiting Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
C Flanagan Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Finger Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sasse Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sugar Bush Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Waupaca 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
Carmel3.0 miles7
Nicholson3.1 miles8
Bear Creek Corners4.0 miles7
Northport5.5 miles7
Symco5.8 miles8
Royalton6.3 miles7
Marble (historical)6.3 miles8
Manawa6.7 miles7

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 Nowell (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7066637The 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 1850526. 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.