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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.

Richardson within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

7 since 2012

Regional 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/undetermined3
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
4 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2019047
25 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources21
28 April 2019Debris and open burning5.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18
2 April 2012Equipment and vehicle use40 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesJOEL MARSH
11 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2020012
31 March 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources35
20 January 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources4

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bull Brook Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Malon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
P & B Excavating PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

2 since 2009

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2010Thunderstorm WindRichardson-Several trees were blown down at 45th Street and 60th Avenue, east of Amery, Wisconsin.
May 2009HailRichardson-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.

Every storm recorded in Polk 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
Clayton1.7 miles12
Joel3.4 miles12
Clear Lake6.0 miles14
Range6.9 miles14
Amery8.6 miles14
Little Falls12.0 miles13
Deronda12.1 miles13
Fox Creek13.7 miles14

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 RichardsonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7330312The 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.