Tyran, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Florence town. It lies in ZIP code area 54121. It stands on Montagne Creek. The Survey maps it on the Florence West quadrangle. It stands 1,299 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1941 USGS Florence quadrangle1:48000
- 1947 USGS Stager quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Florence West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
64 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Tyran between 1992 and 2020, burning about 73 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 2009 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FIRE CRACKER |
| 27 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BRULE DAM ROAD |
| 24 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SECOND CROSSING 1 |
| 24 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SECOND CROSSING 2 |
| 17 July 2000 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Tyran: 9 occurrences, 8 past producers, 3 producers, 2 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stager Manganese Property | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Ernst Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1849, 1914, 1929 | |
| Ernst Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1912, 1914 | |
| Florence Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1849, 1880, 1931 | |
| Florence Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1880 | |
| Larson Exploration | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Larson Exploration Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | 1849, 1948 | |
| Blooms Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Commonwealth Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Commonwealth Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgetop | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Florence | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Commonwealth | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Hematite | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Fern | 8.9 miles | 8 | |
| Spread Eagle | 9.9 miles | 10 | |
| Pulp | 11.8 miles | 11 | |
| Fence | 15.4 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 Tyran | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7861425 | 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 1577864. 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.





