BlockWhite Creek, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Easton town. It lies in ZIP code area 53965. It stands on Campbell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Easton quadrangle. It stands 886 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Adams quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Easton quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wisconsin Dells quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Wisconsin Dells quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
162 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of White Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 352 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 8 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 | 59 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Other causes | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 September 2017 | Other causes | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | RIVER CABIN |
| 5 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | OAK |
| 29 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | OLD 71 FIRE |
| 22 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White Creek in 18 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 13 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 13 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2004 | Tornado (F1) | White Creek | 13 hurt, $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Creek | $30,000 | A mobile home was damaged by winds southwest of Grand Marsh. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Creek | $25,000 | Trees were blown down and irrigation equipment flipped east of White Creek in the Easton area. |
| October 2006 | Hail | White Creek | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Creek | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down southwest of Grand Marsh. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Creek | $2,000 | Trees were blown down northeast of White Creek. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Creek | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down near White Creek. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Creek | $2,000 | Trees were blown down in and near Rome. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Creek | $2,000 | Trees were blown down southeast of White Creek. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Creek | $800 | Trees were blown down and one blocked a road. |
| July 2006 | Hail | White Creek | $750 | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Creek | $500 | One tree was blown down near the intersection of 10th Avenue and Fern. |
| June 2001 | Hail | White Creek | $500 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Creek | $200 | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Creek | - | An estimated 60 mph wind gust occurred east of White Creek that nearly bent a large oak tree to the ground. |
| May 2011 | Hail | White Creek | - | Penny size hail fell six miles north-northeast of Plainville. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Creek | - | Amateur radio operators measured a wind gust of sixty-four miles per hour six miles south of Adams. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Creek | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easton | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Brookside | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Quincy (historical) | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Adams Center (historical) | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Plainville | 8.4 miles | 16 | |
| Grand Marsh | 8.9 miles | 11 | |
| Adams | 9.2 miles | 10 | |
| Friendship | 10.2 miles | 10 |
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 White Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7994623 | 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 1576633. 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.
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.