BlockSechlerville, Wisconsin
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hixton Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54635. It stands on Holmes Creek. The Survey maps it on the Taylor quadrangle. It stands 928 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1927 USGS Blair quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Blair quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Winona quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Sechlerville between 2001 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.9 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20052 |
| 13 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 June 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 5191823 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sechlerville in 1 storm report in 2017: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sechlerville | $2,000 | Trees were blown down south of Hixton. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hixton | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| North Branch | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Taylor | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Northfield | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Disco | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Alma Center | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| York | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Black River Falls | 10.9 miles | 13 |
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 Sechlerville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7442907 | 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 1573868. 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.
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.