Port Andrew, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Richwood town. It lies in ZIP code area 53518. It stands on Byrds Creek. The Survey maps it on the Blue River quadrangle. It stands 686 feet above sea level.
On record in Port Andrew
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
John Coumbe Farmsteadlisted 1992
Tippesaukee Farm Rural Historic District (Boundary Increase)listed 1996
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1933 USGS Boscobel quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Boscobel quadrangle1:62500
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Blue River quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Richland Center quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
88 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Port Andrew between 1992 and 2020, burning about 126 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 were 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 | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1999 | Smoking | 1.6 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | GARNER LAKE FIRE |
| 20 July 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 July 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 July 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 July 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.2 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 July 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Port Andrew: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue River Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Excelsior Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hogskin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Port Andrew in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2013: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Port Andrew | - | An estimated 60 mph wind gust occurred in Port Andrew. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Port Andrew | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Port Andrew | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byrds Creek | 1.3 miles | 10 | |
| Sand Prairie | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Westport | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Excelsior | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Basswood | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Wild Rose | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Balmoral | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Tavera | 6.7 miles | 10 |
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 Port Andrew | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7230475 | The 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 1571794. 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.







