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Underhill, Wisconsin

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Underhill town. It lies in ZIP code area 54124. The Survey maps it on the Berry Lake quadrangle.

Underhill within Oconto County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

89 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Underhill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 69 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Debris and open burning33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use21
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism3
Fireworks2

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
5 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use1.1 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesKLAUS ROAD
9 July 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesCOUNTY H HAY BAILER FIRE
6 July 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 July 2002Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oconto County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Underhill: 8 past producers, 5 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Bahr Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Druckery PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Flat Rock Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Gillett PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Holy Hill Road Gravel Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Holy Hill Road Gravel Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Holy Hill Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Klatt PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lily Pond Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pensaukee Lakes Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Oconto County

Storms near this place

2 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Underhill in 2 storm reports in 2024: 1 tornado, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2024Tornado (EF1)Underhill-The tornado that developed near Highway 55 northwest of Keshena at 2:25 AM CDT crossed the county line at 2:33 AM CDT. The tornado tracked east-southeast across Berry Lake before lifting at 2:34 AM CDT. The tornado downed multiple power lines, snapped and uprooted trees, and flipped several campers at a campground along the path. Total path length is estimated to be 8.96 miles long, with a width of 83 yards. Peak wind estimated to be around 98 mph.
June 2024HailUnderhill-Ping pong size hail fell near Berry Lake. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.

Every storm recorded in Oconto 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
Mosling0.9 miles6
Hintz3.1 miles6
Gillett4.2 miles6
Suring8.6 miles6
Hayes8.8 miles6
Frostville9.5 miles9
Kelly Brook10.7 miles8
Hickory Corners11.3 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1575851. 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.