York Center, Wisconsin
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1991. It stands in York town. It lies in ZIP code area 53559. The Survey maps it on the Marshall quadrangle. It stands 935 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 24 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.
- 1890 USGS Sun Prairie quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Sun Prairie quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1905 USGS Sun Prairie quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Sun Prairie quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Sun Prairie quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of York Center between 1997 and 2020, burning about 8 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 burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BERNDT TRASH PILE |
| 4 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19095 |
| 10 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 172 |
| 1 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FOX ROAD |
| 6 April 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20042 |
| 2 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names York Center in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2022: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | York Center | $6,000 | A tree fell on top of a farm house in York Center. |
| July 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | York Center | - | An EF0 tornado developed about 5.6 miles east of Bristol, near STH 73 just north of CTH V and moved east-southeast before dissipating just south of the intersection of Kasper Road and Tri-County Road. Sporadic damage to tree limbs and some corn was pushed down, but no structural damage was noted along the path, which averaged 20 yards. The EF-rating was based on DI 27 (TH), DOD2 which suggests maximum winds were around 65 mph. The exact start location is Lat 43.271694 and Lon -89.068583. The exact end location is Lat 43.269639 and Lon -89.008972. |
| November 2022 | Hail | York Center | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deansville | 4.3 miles | 24 | |
| East Bristol | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Marshall | 4.9 miles | 24 | |
| Drovers Woods | 5.8 miles | 26 | |
| Bakers Corners (historical) | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| City View Heights | 7.1 miles | 26 | |
| Burgess Corners | 7.4 miles | 26 | |
| Prairie View Heights | 7.7 miles | 26 |
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 York Center | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8055383 | 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 1577104. 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.








