Wrights Corners, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Trempealeau town. It lies in ZIP code area 54661. It lies near Tamarack Valley. The Survey maps it on the Trempealeau quadrangle. It stands 741 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1929 USGS Galesville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Trempealeau quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Winona quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
4,024 words on this townshipHistory of Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, published 1917 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Trempealeau Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Trempealeau Town - 4,024 words.
Fires near this place
11 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Wrights Corners between 1993 and 2020, burning about 68 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Trempeleau National Wildlife Refuge | BFC |
| 10 July 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 June 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2020 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2023 |
| 7 May 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1825 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Wrights Corners: 18 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C Carhart Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| F Klein Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| F Klein Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Frank Eichman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| H Kohnle Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Marshland Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| R Bark Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| R Kriesel Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Sonsalla Farms Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Trempealeau Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centerville | 0.5 miles | 11 | |
| West Prairie | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Pine Creek (historical) | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Trempealeau | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Pine Creek | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Galesville | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Dodge | 6.5 miles | 16 | |
| Tamarack | 7.3 miles | 11 |
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 Wrights Corners | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8038301 | 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 1851209. 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.





