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Veefkind, Wisconsin

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Sherman town. It lies in ZIP code area 54479. The Survey maps it on the Spencer South quadrangle. It stands 1,283 feet above sea level.

Veefkind within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

1 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Veefkind in 2019, burning under an acre in total. None 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
Debris and open burning1

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
30 March 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1903301

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Veefkind: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Coles Corner Road Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms near this place

21 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Veefkind in 21 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 12 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 heavy rain. 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
August 2019Thunderstorm WindVeefkind$10,000An estimated 60 mph wind gust occurred near Spencer that blew down some tree branches and stripped the metal off a barn.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindVeefkind$2,500A tree was blown down and the high winds created damage to the siding and roof of a metal shed.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindVeefkind$2,000Trees were blown down southwest of Spencer.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindVeefkind$2,000Trees were blown down north of Chili.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindVeefkind$1,000An estimated 60 mph wind gust occurred north of Chili. Numerous small tree branches were blown down.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindVeefkind$1,000Tree branches were blown down north of Chili.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindVeefkind$1,000An estimated 60 mph wind gust blew down some branches north of Chili.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindVeefkind$200An estimated 60 mph wind gust occurred north of Chili that blew down some small tree branches.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindVeefkind-A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph wind gust 6 miles north of Chili.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindVeefkind-An estimated 60 mph wind gust occurred southwest of Spencer.
September 2018Heavy RainVeefkind-Near Spencer, 4.13 inches of rain fell.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindVeefkind-An estimated 70 mph wind gust occurred southwest of Spencer.
September 2016Heavy RainVeefkind-Southeast of Riplinger, 3.75 inches of rain fell.
May 2014HailVeefkind-Quarter sized hail was reported in Veefkind.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindVeefkind-A severe thunderstorm produced an estimated wind gust of 60 mph near Veefkind.
September 2008HailVeefkind-An accumulation of hail the size of pennies was reported.
May 2017HailVeefkind-no account filed
May 2014HailVeefkind-no account filed
August 2012HailVeefkind-no account filed
May 2010HailVeefkind-no account filed
July 2008HailVeefkind-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clark 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
Spokeville3.5 miles11
Chili4.6 miles11
Loyal7.2 miles11
Lynn7.8 miles11
Granton8.5 miles11
Riplinger9.3 miles11
Kurth (historical)10.4 miles11
Unity11.4 miles11

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 VeefkindAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7918061The 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 1577870. 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.