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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.

Towerville within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 10 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

43 since 1992

Regional 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 burning22
Equipment and vehicle use9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
24 July 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesB AND C FIRE
8 May 2020Arson/incendiarism35 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2020011
22 May 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesNO TILL FIRE
2 May 2009Debris and open burning4.9 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesTURKEY RIDGE FIRE
12 May 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 April 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2011Debris and open burning1.2 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHESTETUNE MESH FIRE
8 April 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.6 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cain QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Fairview QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Roaring Forty QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Crawford County

Storms near this place

1 since 2017

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2017FloodTowerville$438,000Runoff 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.

Every storm recorded in Crawford 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
Pine Knob2.8 miles10
Johnstown3.2 miles10
Rising Sun3.7 miles10
Fairview3.9 miles10
Yankeetown5.2 miles10
Soldiers Grove6.2 miles10
Gays Mills6.6 miles10
Mount Sterling6.7 miles10

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.