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Readfield, Wisconsin

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Caledonia town. It lies in ZIP code area 54940. The Survey maps it on the Readfield quadrangle. It stands 876 feet above sea level.

Readfield within Waupaca County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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.

In the county-history sources

293 words on this township

History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin, published 1890 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Caledonia Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Caledonia Town - 293 words.

Fires near this place

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Readfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 140 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 burning29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use15
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking2
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
7 August 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHIGHWAY 96
28 August 2011Debris and open burning1.5 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSEEFELD RD.
26 July 2007Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 July 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 June 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesWEILAND RD.
23 June 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 June 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Readfield: 3 producers, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. 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
Klemp QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Readfield QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Courtney and Plummer Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rabbit Road Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Readfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Shay Lake Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Waupaca County

Storms near this place

6 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Readfield in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 5 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2025HailReadfield-Penny size hail fell in Readfield.
June 2021HailNorth Readfield-Penny size hail fell near New London.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindReadfield-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Readfield. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
June 2016HailNorth Readfield-Quarter size hail fell northeast of Fremont as thunderstorms passed.
June 2016HailReadfield-Golf ball size hail fell near Readfield as thunderstorms passed. The time of this event was estimated based on radar data.
July 2011HailNorth Readfield-A trained spotter estimated hail 1.00 inch in diameter.

Every storm 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
North Readfield1.0 miles8
Red Banks4.7 miles8
Fremont5.1 miles8
Gills Landing6.4 miles7
Shaw Landing6.8 miles8
New London8.5 miles7
Evanswood8.7 miles7
Ostrander9.0 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 ReadfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7300443The 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 1572120. 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.