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Weston, Wisconsin

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Weston town. It lies in ZIP code area 54751. It stands on West Branch Knights Creek. The Survey maps it on the Weston quadrangle.

Weston within Dunn County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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 Weston in 2019, burning about 1 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
25 April 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources45

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dunn County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Weston: 11 past producers, 9 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Lucas Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oconto County Highway Dept. PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bates QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dunn County Highway Dept.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Eau Galle River Dolomite Deposit #2Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Elmwood Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Elmwood QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Elmwood Sandstone Deposit #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Elmwood Sandstone Deposit #2Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Fesenmaier Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dunn County

Storms near this place

5 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Weston in 5 storm reports between 2001 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
July 2021Thunderstorm WindWeston$50,000This is the continuation of the minor damage across Dunn County. This area was more concentrated in southwest Dunn County between Weston and Eau Galle.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindWeston-There were over a dozen pine trees that were snapped off above the base, northwest of Weston. A few power poles were also broken. There were also unconfirmed reports of more trees and power lines down across southern Dunn County, but additional information was not available.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindWeston-A large tree was blown down north of Weston.
June 2016HailWeston-no account filed
May 2001HailWeston-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dunn 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
Comfort3.2 miles11
Hatchville4.7 miles11
Irvington6.4 miles13
Downsville7.8 miles13
Welch Point (historical)8.2 miles13
Eau Galle8.9 miles13
Menomonie9.2 miles12
North Menomonie9.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1576583. 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.