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Werley, Wisconsin

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Mount Ida town. It lies in ZIP code area 53809. It lies near Spring Valley. The Survey maps it on the Wauzeka East quadrangle. It stands 771 feet above sea level.

Werley within Grant County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 10 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

22 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Werley between 1996 and 2019, burning about 142 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 burning9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
11 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 August 2018Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources805182
17 August 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesMUSTANG FIRE
19 July 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 June 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesMOUNT HOPE
1 May 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesIRISH RIDGE
8 April 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesPINE KNOB

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Werley: 1 past producer, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Millville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Werley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Grant County

Storms near this place

6 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Werley in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2026: 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 2009Flash FloodWerley$30,000A few homes were evacuated in the town of Werley due to flooding of the Big Green River. Star Lane, just outside of Werley, was reported to be crumbling due to high water.
June 2009Flash FloodWerley$30,000Water was reported around some houses in the town of Werley. Law enforcement officials were proceeding there for rescues.
June 2009Flash FloodWerley$20,000As much as 15 feet of water was reported in the town of Werley due to flooding of the Big Green River.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindWerley$10,000An outbuilding was damaged and a 4-wheeler was flipped over. Trees were also blown over northeast of Mt. Hope.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWerley$2,000Estimated wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph occurred northeast of Mt. Hope that blew down some trees.
April 2026HailWerley-The public reported quarter sized hail 3 miles west-southwest of Werley.

Every storm recorded in Grant 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
Mount Ida3.3 miles15
Shady Dell4.4 miles15
Woodman5.2 miles10
Mount Hope6.1 miles15
Fennimore6.3 miles15
Lancaster Junction8.5 miles15
Boscobel8.5 miles10
Millville8.8 miles10

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 WerleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7983311The 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 1577875. 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.