Shortville, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Washburn town. It lies in ZIP code area 54456. It stands on Hay Meadow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hatfield NE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hatfield quadrangle1:48000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Hatfield NE quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Black River Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
23 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Shortville between 1992 and 2015, burning about 143 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 burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PINEVIEW ROAD |
| 8 May 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.2 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.2 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TODD |
| 3 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 April 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 April 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Shortville: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Hill Quartz & Rhyolite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Rock Creek Road Quartzite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shortville in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2021: 1 hail, 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shortville | $1,000 | Some shingles were blown off a building south of Granton. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Shortville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kurth (historical) | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Neillsville | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Granton | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Sidney | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Nevins | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| Lynn | 8.3 miles | 11 | |
| Sherwood | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Columbia | 10.9 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1574075. 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.





