Walsh, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Porterfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 54159. The Survey maps it on the Porterfield quadrangle. It stands 676 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1939 USGS Porterfield quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Porterfield quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Porterfield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Marinette quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Porterfield quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
91 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Walsh between 1992 and 2019, burning about 196 acres in total. 1 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 burning | 41 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CARVIOU LANDING FIRE |
| 7 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 2000 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 August 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | DUMKE FIRE |
| 23 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 31 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Walsh: 24 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porterfield Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| Behrens Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Jackie Foster Inc-Porterfield Qy | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Menominee Stone Crusher Co.Ls.Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Biehls Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Boggy Lane Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Brookside Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dancing Waters Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| East Oak Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| El Branch Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Walsh in 1 storm report in 2010: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walsh | - | Thunderstorm winds of 50 to 60 mph uprooted three large trees near Porterfield. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rubys Corner | 1.2 miles | 9 | |
| Porterfield | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Bagley Junction | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Miles | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Harmony | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Goll | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Loomis | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Wagner | 8.6 miles | 8 |
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 Walsh | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7963811 | 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 1576182. 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.







