BlockUrne, Wisconsin
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Modena town. It lies in ZIP code area 54756. It lies near Larson Valley. The Survey maps it on the Urne quadrangle. It stands 823 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 19 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.
- 1932 USGS Alma quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Alma quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Urne quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Winona quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Urne: 9 past producers, 6 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernard Traun Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Blager Shale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Brommer Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Busch Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Center Creek Road Dolomite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Church Valley Shale Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| David Bauer Shale Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Hanson Road Shale Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Kowitz Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Kralewski Dolomite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
6 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Urne in 6 storm reports between 2001 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Urne | $500,000 | Runoff from heavy rains caused landslides to occur that undermined several roads in the vicinity of Urne. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Urne | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Urne | $750 | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Heavy Rain | Urne | - | In Urne, 5.5 inches of rain fell. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Urne | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Urne | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modena | 5.8 miles | 19 | |
| Misha Mokwa | 6.3 miles | 16 | |
| Springdale (historical) | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Maxville | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Savoy (historical) | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Nelson | 8.2 miles | 16 | |
| Tell | 8.3 miles | 19 | |
| Praag | 11.2 miles | 19 |
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 Urne | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7900774 | 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 1576006. 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.
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.