Towerville, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Utica town. It lies in ZIP code area 54655. It lies near Hanson Valley. The Survey maps it on the Rising Sun quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 10 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.
- 1924 USGS Gays Mills quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS Gays Mills quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Gays Mills quadrangle1:62500
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Rising Sun quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Richland Center quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
43 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Towerville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 162 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 burning | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | B AND C FIRE |
| 8 May 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2020011 |
| 22 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | NO TILL FIRE |
| 2 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | 4.9 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TURKEY RIDGE FIRE |
| 12 May 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HESTETUNE MESH FIRE |
| 8 April 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.6 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Towerville: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cain Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Fairview Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Roaring Forty Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Towerville in 1 storm report in 2017: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Flood | Towerville | $438,000 | Runoff from heavy rain caused flooding to occur over the eastern portions of Crawford County, especially along the Kickapoo River. This flooding closed State Highway 131 near Stueben and State Highway 171 near Gays Mills. The flooding waters in Stueben lifted asphalt up and off the road bed. Across the northeast part of the county, numerous bridge approaches were damaged by flood waters. Two homes in the county sustained major damage from the flooding with another two having minor damage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Knob | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Johnstown | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Rising Sun | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Fairview | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Yankeetown | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Soldiers Grove | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Gays Mills | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Mount Sterling | 6.7 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1575527. 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.








