BlockYarnell, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Edgewater town. It lies in ZIP code area 54817. It stands on Yarnell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Edgewater quadrangle. It stands 1,444 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1945 USGS Meteor quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Meteor quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Edgewater quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Spooner quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
48 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Yarnell between 1993 and 2020, burning about 113 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 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 | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 June 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 June 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 June 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | LEMINGTON 3 |
| 10 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | LEMINGTON 2 |
| 10 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | LEMIGNTON 1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Yarnell: 9 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly Lake Quartzite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Blackberry Lane Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Deer Creek Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| East Shore Drive Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| East Shore Drive Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Knuteson Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Poradish Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Stoney Hill Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Summit Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Summit Lake Road 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.
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 Yarnell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8049421 | 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 1577896. 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.