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Sand Creek, Wisconsin

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Sand Creek town. It lies in ZIP code area 54757. It stands on Sand Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sand Creek quadrangle. It stands 988 feet above sea level.

Sand Creek within Dunn County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 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

9 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Sand Creek between 2002 and 2020, burning about 3 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/undetermined4
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
2 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1947
12 August 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 May 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources7219
9 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 April 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 November 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1104201

Every fire recorded in Dunn 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 Sand Creek: 5 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Industrial/Frac Sand. 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
Auburn MineSand and Gravel, Industrial/Frac SandProducer
Hay Creek Shale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Popple Creek Siltstone DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Split Neck Creek Limestone DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Albricht PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lower Pine Creek Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Red Cedar River Gravel Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Red Cedar River Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Red Cedar River Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand Creek Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Dunn County

Storms near this place

13 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sand Creek in 13 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 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 1995Thunderstorm WindSand Creek$50,000Roof damage to two barns. Trees down across Sand Creek, Wilson, Grant and Otter Creek townships.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindSand Creek$50,000no account filed
June 2020HailSand Creek-Most of the hail was dime to nickel size.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindSand Creek-This is the continuation of the blow down, straight-line wind event that moved across parts of northern Dunn County, between Ridgeland, and Sand Creek. There were numerous reports of blown down trees and power lines.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindSand Creek-Several trees were blown down in the Township of Sand Creek. An irrigation system also tipped over near Sand Creek.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindSand Creek-A large tree was blown down.
July 2008HailSand Creek-Hail size generally quarters to half dollars.
March 2007Thunderstorm WindSand Creek-Tree down across road.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindSand Creek-Numerous trees down.
July 2008HailSand Creek-no account filed
June 2007HailSand Creek-no account filed
July 2007HailSand Creek-no account filed
April 2002HailSand Creek-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dunn 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
Ridgeland11.4 miles7
Colfax11.9 miles13
Norton13.0 miles7
Baxter14.4 miles7
Wheeler14.5 miles7
Tainter Lake15.0 miles12
Cedar Falls19.1 miles12
Rusk19.5 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 Sand CreekAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7415774The 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 1573657. 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.