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Saxeville, Wisconsin

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Saxeville town. It lies in ZIP code area 54984. The Survey maps it on the Saxeville quadrangle. It stands 846 feet above sea level.

Saxeville within Waushara County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

189 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 189 fires within 5 miles of Saxeville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 162 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 26 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 burning77
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Arson/incendiarism26
Equipment and vehicle use18
Recreation and ceremony11
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking3
Natural3
Other causes3
Fireworks1

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 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesWASP ERADICATION
5 September 2004Debris and open burning3.3 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesAPACHE RD EQ
28 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesPAINT CAN
16 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSAW FIRE
9 August 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesMILLER DB FIRE
23 August 2020Debris and open burning2.9 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesBACK 40 FIRE
23 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Waushara 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 Saxeville: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 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
Hendrickson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Reed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Waushara County

Storms near this place

6 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Saxeville in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
June 2022Thunderstorm WindSaxeville$120,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and produced damage to two houses in Saxeville. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindSaxeville$2,000no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindSaxeville-Thunderstorm winds downed several trees near Saxville and Bloomfield.
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Saxeville-A tornado developed at approximately 7:06 pm CDT (1806 CST) near Saxeville in Waushara County and moved east-northeast across east-central Wisconsin. Numerous pine trees were snapped or uprooted (DI 28, DOD 4) near the initial point of contact. As the tornado moved into West Bloomfield, several farm buildings were heavily damaged, including a barn that collapsed (DI 1, DOD 6). The tornado had an average width of 100 yards, but it was not on the ground continuously. The tornado entered Waupaca County at 7:20 pm CDT (1820 CST).
June 2004Thunderstorm WindSaxeville-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindSaxeville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Waushara 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
Pine River2.6 miles8
Mount Morris5.9 miles8
Brushville6.3 miles8
Poy Sippi6.9 miles8
Wild Rose7.1 miles8
West Bloomfield8.2 miles8
Fountain Valley9.0 miles8
Redgranite9.3 miles8

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 SaxevilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7428776The 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 1573757. 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.