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Reserve, Wisconsin

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Couderay town. It lies in ZIP code area 54843. The Survey maps it on the Reserve quadrangle.

Reserve within Sawyer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

124 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Reserve between 1992 and 2020, burning about 68 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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 burning32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Arson/incendiarism12
Other causes10
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Fireworks3
Natural1

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 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGreat Lakes AgencyTRAILER
6 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGreat Lakes Agency31
6 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGreat Lakes Agency32
5 September 1998Other causesunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresGreat Lakes AgencyFROMEL RD
13 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreGreat Lakes AgencyMATTRESS
1 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 September 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 Sawyer County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Reserve: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Billy Boy Flowage Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Couderay River Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sawyer County

Storms near this place

8 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reserve in 8 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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
August 2024Thunderstorm WindReserve-Several hardwood and softwood trees were blown down in Reserve.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindReserve-A tree branch was downed by the thunderstorm winds.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindReserve-Many large trees were reported down along with numerous power outages on the Lac Courte Oreilles reservation.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindReserve-Numerous trees and tree limbs were down with the trees being up to 12 inches in diameter.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindReserve-Numerous trees were blown down and blocking roads. The largest trees knocked down were 6 to 8 inches in diameter. Several tops of larger trees were snapped off.
April 2004HailReserve-There were numerous reports of broken windows and damage to vehicles. Golfball size hail fell at Northwoods Beach, Stone Lake, Whitefish lake, Reserve, and the Skunawong areas.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindReserve-Trees were blown down.
June 2021HailReserve-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sawyer 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
Northwoods Beach2.4 miles9
Chief Lake4.2 miles8
Little Round Lake5.9 miles8
Hauer6.7 miles8
Couderay7.3 miles9
Stone Lake8.5 miles8
Lemington8.6 miles9
Hayward10.5 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1572206. 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.