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Willard, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Hendren town. It lies in ZIP code area 54493. The Survey maps it on the Willard quadrangle. It stands 1,181 feet above sea level.

Willard within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

45 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Willard between 1992 and 2019, burning about 139 acres in total. None 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 burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use11
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
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
9 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 September 2013Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesGROUSE FIRE
20 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesRESEWOOD FIRE
4 July 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 July 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 July 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark 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 Willard: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
Greenwood PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Schuering PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms near this place

13 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Willard in 13 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 6 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2002LightningWillard2 hurtno account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWillard$5,000Law enforcement reported multiple fallen trees near Willard.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindWillard$2,000Trees were blown down near Willard.
October 2023Heavy RainWillard-A volunteer observer reported 3.96 inches of rainfall near Willard.
June 2021HailWillard-Half dollar sized hail was reported northwest of Willard.
July 2020FloodWillard-Runoff from heavy rain pushed Cameron Creek out of its banks northwest of Willard. Flood waters from the creek were reported to be flowing over roads near the intersection of County Highways M and GG.
August 2019FloodWillard-County Highway G was closed around Willard because of water over the road.
June 2018Funnel CloudWillard-Funnel clouds were sighted near Willard.
June 2017HailWillard-Up to quarter sized hail fell in Willard.
July 2006HailWillard-no account filed
August 2006HailWillard-no account filed
May 2004HailWillard-no account filed
July 1997HailWillard-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
Tioga5.3 miles12
Globe6.4 miles12
Greenwood6.8 miles11
Hemlock8.4 miles11
Christie8.9 miles11
Loyal11.8 miles11
Longwood12.3 miles11
Reseburg12.6 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 WillardAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8003349The 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 1576756. 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.