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Requa, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Garfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 54758. It stands on Kay Creek. The Survey maps it on the Osseo quadrangle. It stands 1,020 feet above sea level.

Requa within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

55 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Requa between 1994 and 2020, burning about 146 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesF20-086
5 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesF19-94
7 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.8 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesF18-82
17 July 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 June 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesGARFIELD FIRE
25 June 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesF18-65
9 May 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Requa: 9 past producers, 6 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
A Kelly Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hangartner Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Osseo Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Riverside Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Billy Tibbs Shale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cottrell Shale & Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
H Kittelson Sandstone DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
M Freng Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
M Freng Shale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Oak Grove Road Sandstone Deposit #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

5 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Requa in 5 storm reports between 2010 and 2026: 2 flood, 1 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 4 injuries. 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 2015Flash FloodRequa4 hurt, $400,000Flood waters from Schoolhouse Creek caused U.S. Highways 10 and 12 to be closed in the extreme northern part of Jackson County east of Price. Numerous other roads were washed out with general flooding across the northern sections of the county covering much of the Townships of Cleveland and Garfield. Two accidents occurred when the drivers attempted to drive their vehicles over water covered roads that had been washed out. Three residents were stranded when flood waters overtook a dead end road in the Town of Cleveland. There were no reports of damage to private property with the damage limited to roads.
August 2010FloodRequa$297,300Various roads were closed across parts of Jackson county and sustained damage from flooding. The flooding also caused damage to some parks and utility systems.
May 2017FloodRequa$110,000At least 18 roads were closed across the northwest part of Jackson County as the result of flooding from heavy rains. Hixton Levis Road east of Northfield and Moore Road northwest of Alma Center were completely washed out.
April 2026Tornado (EF1)Requa$37,000This tornado continued from northeast Trempealeau County where it crossed Interstate 94, moving northeast into far northwest Jackson County where it caused roof damage to two residences and damaged a significant number of trees.
May 2024HailRequa-The public reported 0.75 inch hail approximately 1 mile south of Requa.

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Levis3.9 miles12
Price4.8 miles12
Northfield9.1 miles13
York9.4 miles13
North Branch12.3 miles13
Hixton15.5 miles13
Sechlerville15.9 miles13
Alma Center16.1 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 RequaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7314779The 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 1572202. 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.