BlockAdamsville, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Moscow town. It lies in ZIP code area 53544. The Survey maps it on the Hollandale quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1923 USGS Blanchardville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Blanchardville quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Hollandale quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Adamsville (historical) between 2018 and 2020, burning about 12 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20224 |
| 25 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018035 |
| 18 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018027 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Adamsville (historical): 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lockwood Quarry | Stone | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollandale | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Middlebury | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Jonesdale | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Moscow | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Barneveld | 7.5 miles | 15 | |
| Ridgeway | 7.7 miles | 15 | |
| Waldwick | 8.8 miles | 13 | |
| Hyde | 12.0 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2760537. 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.