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Old Albertville, Wisconsin

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Wheaton town. It lies in ZIP code area 54739. The Survey maps it on the Albertville quadrangle.

Old Albertville within Chippewa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

7 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Old Albertville between 2018 and 2020, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined4
Debris and open burning3

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
17 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18196
27 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19142
3 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19014
29 March 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18013
7 November 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20262
5 November 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20265
20 October 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18028

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chippewa 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 Old Albertville: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 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
Custer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lane PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Townline Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Chippewa 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
Albertville1.6 miles13
Pine Grove3.0 miles13
Howard3.4 miles13
Pinehurst9.1 miles15
Lake Hallie9.4 miles15
Irvine9.6 miles15
Hallie9.6 miles15
Tilden9.9 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1570767. 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.