Adams Center, Wisconsin

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Adams town. It lies in ZIP code area 53910. The Survey maps it on the Adams quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Adams Center within Adams County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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.

1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Adams quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1983 USGS Adams quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Wisconsin Dells quadrangle1:100000
1990 USGS Wisconsin Dells quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

199 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 199 fires within 5 miles of Adams Center (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 308 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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	57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	41
Equipment and vehicle use	38
Railroad operations and maintenance	12
Arson/incendiarism	12
Recreation and ceremony	10
Misuse of fire by a minor	10
Power generation/transmission/distribution	9
Smoking	5
Fireworks	4
Other causes	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
8 September 1992	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
8 September 1992	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
8 September 1992	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
8 September 1992	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
8 September 1992	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
30 September 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
30 September 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
29 September 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Adams 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 Adams Center (historical): 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Adams Co. Hwy. Dept.	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	Adams County Operations	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Adams 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Adams	3.0 miles	10
Friendship	3.9 miles	10
Brookside	3.9 miles	10
Grand Marsh	5.2 miles	11
Easton	5.4 miles	10
Fordham (historical)	5.5 miles	11
Springbluff (historical)	6.4 miles	11
White Creek	6.9 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1837568. 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.