Twelve Corners, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Center town. It lies in ZIP code area 54106. The Survey maps it on the Black Creek quadrangle. It stands 830 feet above sea level.
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 Appleton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Black Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Appleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Black Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Twelve Corners between 2018 and 2020, burning about 2 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 99 |
| 13 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 118 |
| 2 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 11 |
| 20 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19 |
| 5 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 37 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Twelve Corners: 10 past producers, 3 producers. 3 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cizmon Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mackville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Quarry No 2 Van Schyndel | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Rock Road Blue Bell Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Rocky Road Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Dobrinska Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| J Samson Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Laird Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Laird Road Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Murphy Const. Co. Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Twelve Corners in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2022: 2 hail. 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 2022 | Hail | Twelve Corners | - | Quarter size hail fell near Mackville. |
| September 2021 | Hail | Twelve Corners | - | Quarter size hail fell south southeast of Black Creek. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center Valley | 1.3 miles | 8 | |
| Binghamton | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Five Corners | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Hamples Corner | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Mackville | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Black Creek | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Murphy Corner | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Apple Creek | 6.1 miles | 9 |
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 Twelve Corners | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7857589 | The 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 1575755. 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.




