Richardson, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Clayton town. It lies in ZIP code area 54004. The Survey maps it on the Clayton quadrangle. It stands 1,201 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 12 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.
- 1950 USGS Turtle Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Turtle Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Clayton quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Richardson between 2012 and 2020, burning about 47 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2019047 |
| 25 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 21 |
| 28 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18 |
| 2 April 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | JOEL MARSH |
| 11 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2020012 |
| 31 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 35 |
| 20 January 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 4 |
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 Richardson: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bull Brook Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Malon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| P & B Excavating Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richardson in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2010: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richardson | - | Several trees were blown down at 45th Street and 60th Avenue, east of Amery, Wisconsin. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Richardson | - | Several trained spotters reported large hail falling near Clayton for several minutes. The largest hail stone was one inch in diameter with numerous reports of penny to nickel size hail. Some of the hail covered the ground. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Joel | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Clear Lake | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Range | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| Amery | 8.6 miles | 14 | |
| Little Falls | 12.0 miles | 13 | |
| Deronda | 12.1 miles | 13 | |
| Fox Creek | 13.7 miles | 14 |
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 Richardson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7330312 | 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 1572280. 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.








