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Old Tyrone, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Peru town. It lies in ZIP code area 54751. It stands on Cranberry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Meridean quadrangle. It stands 758 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.

Old Tyrone within Dunn County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

9 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Old Tyrone (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1 acre 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/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning1
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
12 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources33
12 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources32
6 May 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1081
2 May 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2020008
8 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources24
19 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18
25 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources14
28 October 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dunn County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Old Tyrone (historical): 5 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Chippewa River Gravel Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Chippewa River Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dunnville Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Falkner Shale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Fall Creek Shale DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Forster Shale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Markham Shale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Robert Sol Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Dunn 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
Red Cedar2.8 miles12
Meridean3.2 miles12
Dunnville3.3 miles12
Downsville6.3 miles13
Falls City7.0 miles12
Rock Falls8.1 miles12
Welch Point (historical)9.0 miles13
Eau Galle9.1 miles13

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 Old Tyrone (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7085340The 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 1578253. 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.