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Trade Lake, Wisconsin

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Trade Lake town. It lies in ZIP code area 54837. The Survey maps it on the Trade Lake quadrangle.

Trade Lake within Burnett County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

61 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Trade Lake between 1993 and 2020, burning about 131 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 were 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
Equipment and vehicle use20
Debris and open burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
1 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 August 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 August 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesMEDCHILL ROAD FIRE #1
31 August 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesMEDCHILL ROAD FIRE #3
31 August 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesMEDCHILL ROAD FIRE #2
26 August 2018Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources201843
22 August 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 July 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Burnett County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Trade Lake: 17 occurrences, 14 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. 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
Unnamed Prospect Near Forsythe LaCopperOccurrence
Unnamed Prospect Near Forsythe LaCopperOccurrence
Unnamed Prospect Near Rice LakeCopperOccurrence
Unnamed Prospect Near Rice LakeCopperOccurrence
Unnamed Prospect Near Round LakeCopperOccurrence
Unnamed Prospect Near Round LakeCopperOccurrence
Unnamed Prospect Near Young LakeCopperOccurrence
Unnamed Prospect Near Young LakeCopperOccurrence
Amundson Sand Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Amundson Sand Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Burnett County

Storms near this place

7 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trade Lake in 7 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. 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 2011Thunderstorm WindTrade Lake-Significant wind damage occurred, with numerous trees blown down, boats flipped and blown on shore.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindTrade Lake-Numerous trees were blown down across the area. Downed trees were blocking Highway 48; some trees came down on cars and homes.
April 2004Tornado (F0)Trade Lake-The tornado touched down in a grassy field 50 yards north of Pine Lake Road. Just east of the grassy field, the tornado destroyed a shed and garage before tearing away a portion of the roof of the home. The tornado continued moving east and destroyed a metal pole barn about one mile east of the first residence. The tornado also ripped the tops off of several farm silos near that residence. Then the tornado destroyed a barn and a shed about one mile farther down the road, near Freedom Drive and Mourning Dove Lane. One goat was killed at that farm. Several more silo tops were ripped off just west of Freedom Drive along Mourning Dove lane. At many locations along the tornado path, various 10 to 20 inch diameter trees were knocked down.
August 2023HailTrade Lake-no account filed
April 2004HailTrade Lake-no account filed
July 2003HailTrade Lake-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindTrade Lake-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Burnett 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
Four Corners1.3 miles16
Pole Cat Crossing4.7 miles16
Trade River5.1 miles16
Alpha5.8 miles12
Branstad5.8 miles16
Falun6.6 miles12
Grantsburg7.6 miles12
Lind11.3 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1575563. 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.