Stephensville, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Ellington town. It lies in ZIP code area 54944. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greenville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS New London quadrangle1:48000
- 1969 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Appleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Stephensville between 2018 and 2020, burning about 12 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 5000117 |
| 8 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 21 |
| 30 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 24 |
| 29 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 9000107 |
| 21 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 27 |
| 2 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 11 |
| 11 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 12 |
| 30 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 74 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Stephensville: 16 past producers, 6 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hortonville Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| J Marcks Dolomite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| John Wolf Dolomite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Jurack Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Clyde Main Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Clyde Main Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cummings Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dobrinska Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Grand View Road Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Hortonville Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
6 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stephensville in 6 storm reports between 2013 and 2021: 4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Lightning | Stephensville | $100,000 | Lightning stuck a gas meter outside a home, causing it to ignite. The fire caused considerable heat and smoke damage to the home and displaced its two residents. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephensville | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds pushed a 28 foot by 40 foot shed off its foundation and damaged several apple trees north of Hortonville. |
| September 2021 | Hail | Stephensville | - | Quarter size hail fell near Stephensville. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Stephensville | - | Quarter size hail fell north of Stephensville. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Stephensville | - | Tennis ball size hail fell on the south side of Stephensville. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Stephensville | - | A thunderstorm produced lime size hail as it passed near Stephensville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hortonville | 3.9 miles | 7 | |
| Shiocton | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Greenville | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Hamples Corner | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Center Valley | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| Binghamton | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| Medina | 7.5 miles | 7 | |
| Twelve Corners | 8.2 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1574865. 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.




