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Utley, Wisconsin

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Green Lake town. It lies in ZIP code area 53946. The Survey maps it on the Markesan quadrangle. It stands 889 feet above sea level.

Utley within Green Lake County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

48 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Utley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 166 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 burning22
Equipment and vehicle use9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Fireworks2
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
Natural1
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
20 August 1996Smoking4.2 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 July 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesMELMAR DRIVE
31 July 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 July 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 July 2000Debris and open burning8.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 June 2020Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHICKORY
7 May 2004Debris and open burning3.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 May 1999Debris and open burning7.5 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Green Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Utley: 4 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Waupun Stone QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Broder Gettleman Nowatski PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fairwater PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Broeder QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Chier QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gaastra QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Leahman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mackford Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Green Lake 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
Markesan4.7 miles8
Center House5.1 miles10
Spring Grove6.3 miles10
Forest Glen Beach6.3 miles10
Tuleta Hills6.9 miles10
Indian Hills6.9 miles10
Sandstone Bluff7.0 miles10
Lakewood Estates7.1 miles14

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 UtleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7902907The 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 1577869. 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.