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Rozellville, Wisconsin

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Day town. The Survey maps it on the Hewitt quadrangle. It stands 1,260 feet above sea level.

Rozellville within Marathon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

11 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Rozellville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 16 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
Debris and open burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
8 May 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18012
8 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18009
16 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18014
1 May 2009Debris and open burning2.8 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesWILDWOOD RD
20 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesBAYSIDE
19 April 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesRICE LAKE
4 March 2000Debris and open burning1.5 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 March 1994Misuse of fire by a minor5.5 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marathon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Rozellville: 7 past producers, 4 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
Arnold Spindler Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dead End Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Kratzer Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Alvin Bornbach Granite DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Bradley Granite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Day Avenue Granite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Drake Avenue Granite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
K Schill Granite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Scheuer Creek Granite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Stratford Granite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marathon County

Storms near this place

15 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rozellville in 15 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 7 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 2011Thunderstorm WindRozellville$5,000Several large tents were blown down at The Wisconsin Farm Technology Days Show Grounds in the southwest corner of Marathon County.
July 2010LightningRozellville$4,000Lightning struck a house near Stratford causing roof and electrical damage.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindRozellville$500Thunderstorm winds blew in the glass window at a gas station and downed power lines south of Stratford.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindRozellville-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Stratford. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
April 2021HailRozellville-Nickel size hail fell in Stratford.
April 2017HailRozellville-Penny size hail fell near Stratford.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindRozellville-Thunderstorm winds downed trees southeast of Stratford, in the township of Day. The time of this report was estimated based on radar data.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindRozellville-Thunderstorm winds downed 12-inch diameter trees in Stratford.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindRozellville-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph were reported by an amateur radio operator at the intersection of County Highways C and M.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindRozellville-A barn was damaged, trees blown down, and three silo tops sustained damage as strong thunderstorm winds hit just south of Stratford.
May 2008HailRozellville-no account filed
May 2008HailRozellville-no account filed
July 2003HailRozellville-no account filed
May 2002HailRozellville-no account filed
May 1998HailRozellville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marathon 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
Rangeline3.2 miles5
Bradley4.0 miles12
Stratford4.9 miles12
Staadts (historical)5.6 miles12
Weber6.4 miles12
McMillan7.4 miles11
Fenwood8.5 miles12
Little Rose8.7 miles12

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 RozellvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7375348The 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 1572702. 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.