Pella, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Pella town. It lies in ZIP code area 54950. The Survey maps it on the Clintonville North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1955 USGS Clintonville quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Clintonville North quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Shawano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Clintonville North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Pella between 1994 and 2020, burning about 11 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 819181 |
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 704181 |
| 5 June 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MALUEG RD FIRE |
| 20 May 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.6 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SWAMP GRASS |
| 11 April 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Pella: 4 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Apple Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Deger Lane Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Kriewaldt Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pine Lane Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Spencer Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Westphal Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Zimmerman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pella in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 1999: 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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.
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1571159. 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.




