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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1900 USGS St Croix Dalles quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS St Croix Dalles quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS St Croix Dalles quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS St. Croix Dalles quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS St. Croix Dalles SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Nye quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2018Regional 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/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 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 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19D0107 |
| 12 May 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19G0115 |
| 1 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18D0120 |
| 29 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18D0117 |
| 29 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | G180117 |
| 28 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | G180113 |
| 26 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19D0099 |
| 25 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19G0099 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polk County Lime Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near St Croix Fa | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near St Croix Fa | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Badger Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bear Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bear Lake Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Carl Forrest Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Deer Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dresser Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dresser Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ubet | - | 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 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Ubet | - | 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 2011 | Hail | Ubet | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Ubet | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7876502 | 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 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.











