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Tilden, Wisconsin

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Tilden town. It lies in ZIP code area 54729. The Survey maps it on the Bloomer quadrangle. It stands 955 feet above sea level.

Tilden within Chippewa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

5 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Tilden between 2006 and 2020, burning about 5 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
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
7 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources5619
20 May 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 May 2020Debris and open burning3.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2020049
14 November 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2019092
7 October 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chippewa County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Tilden: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Golden Creek Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Chippewa County OperationsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Derks PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Chippewa County

Storms near this place

6 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tilden in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2012: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash 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
June 2012Thunderstorm WindTilden-A large construction sign blew down.
July 2011Flash FloodTilden-Several reports of excessive rainfall caused flooding in Bloomer, and a few roads that had significant flooding. In addition, water over-topped Highway SS at the intersection with Highway GG, and near the Highway SS intersection with 125th Street. A culvert washed out in the 13000 block of 155th Avenue.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Tilden-This tornado was reported by a trained spotter. It touched down just west of a wooded area where many trees were felled. It then moved across open fields, crossed County Road F, and dissipated after hitting a small grove of trees. The tornado was accompanied by a strong rear flank downdraft. Three miles south of the tornado's path a wind gust of 82 MPH was recorded (about 10 miles west northwest of Chippewa Falls).
June 2002Thunderstorm WindTilden-Numerous trees down.
May 2008HailTilden-no account filed
August 1996HailTilden-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chippewa 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
Eagle Point2.8 miles9
Eagleton4.5 miles9
Norma5.2 miles14
Chippewa Falls5.4 miles15
Irvine5.7 miles15
Howard6.6 miles13
Bloomer7.0 miles9
Anson8.2 miles14

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 TildenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7802090The 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 1575450. 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.