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Sherwood, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sherwood town. It lies in ZIP code area 54436. It stands on Toms Creek. The Survey maps it on the City Point NE quadrangle. It stands 1,066 feet above sea level.

Sherwood within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Sherwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 176 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 burning9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural2
Other causes2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
27 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesDYER RD.
12 July 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesIGGY
7 June 2005Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 June 2005Natural8.7 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 May 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 May 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesBASSWOOD FIRE
28 May 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Sherwood: 3 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Tyndall Granite & Gravel DepositStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Pit Road Rhyolite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rennock Granite DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Todd Road Granite DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms near this place

3 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sherwood in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2013: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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
September 2010FloodSherwood$1,150,000Flooding caused numerous county and township roads as well as some state roads to be closed across the southern half of the county, mainly south of Greenwood. Many low-lying township roads were closed, while some culverts were damaged and needed replacing. The hardest hit areas included the townships of Hewitt, Lynn, Sherwood, and Washburn. Water surged out of Mead Lake into the South Fork Eau Claire River, which then overflowed County Road M. The River Road just southwest of Greenwood was closed as the Black River flowed over the road. A pickup tried to cross this portion of the road and was swept into the ditch. In Abbotsford, Lindon Street and Pickard Road were closed as the sewer plant briefly overflowed. Many schools were closed on Thursday and Friday including Loyal, Greenwood, Granton and Neillsville. A State of Emergency was declared in many towns and villages across the county. There were 45 homes across the county with minor damage.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindSherwood$3,000Numerous trees were blown down in Sherwood Township along County Road Z.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindSherwood$500no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clark 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
Nevins2.1 miles12
Lynn8.4 miles11
Shortville8.7 miles12
Granton10.1 miles11
Kurth (historical)10.5 miles11
Chili11.0 miles11
Neillsville14.3 miles11
Veefkind15.5 miles11

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 SherwoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7495493The 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 1574040. 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.