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Ubet, Wisconsin

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Garfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 54009. The Survey maps it on the Nye quadrangle.

Ubet within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

10 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Ubet between 2018 and 2019, burning about 14 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning3
Natural1

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
9 May 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19D0107
12 May 2019Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19G0115
1 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18D0120
29 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18D0117
29 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesG180117
28 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesG180113
26 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19D0099
25 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19G0099

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Ubet: 8 past producers, 7 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, 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
Polk County Lime QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed Prospect Near St Croix FaCopperOccurrence
Unnamed Prospect Near St Croix FaCopperOccurrence
Badger Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bear Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bear Lake Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Carl Forrest Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Deer Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dresser Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dresser Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ubet in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
June 2024Thunderstorm WindUbet-Several trees were down to the east, blocking 198th St just south of US Highway 8. The direction of tree fall was consistent with rear flank downdraft associated with the tornado.
July 2020Funnel CloudUbet-A brief funnel cloud was observed around Bear Lake in western Polk County. Video was inconclusive as to whether there was any ground circulation.
May 2011HailUbet-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Polk 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
Sand Lake1.8 miles22
Wanderoos3.6 miles13
Nye3.8 miles22
Lamar5.4 miles22
Dresser5.5 miles24
Lykens5.8 miles14
Deronda6.4 miles13
Centuria6.9 miles22

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 UbetAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7876502The 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 1577865. 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.