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Ashford, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Dayton town. It lies in ZIP code area 53581. It stands on Pier Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Richland Center quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Ashford within Richland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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.

Fires near this place

57 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Ashford (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 103 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning31
Equipment and vehicle use11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
31 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesCOUNTY Q
10 July 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 June 2012Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesFIRE WORKS 1
24 June 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 May 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesDAYTON RIDGE
6 May 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 May 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Ashford (historical): 4 past producers, 3 producers, 3 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Own CrewsStoneUnknown
Own CrewsStoneUnknown
Bert Ray QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bethke QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ewing QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Huth QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Motts QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Muldowney QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Shannon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Richland 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Boaz3.2 miles10
McGrew (historical)3.6 miles12
Richland Center4.4 miles12
Mill Creek (historical)5.1 miles10
Gillingham5.6 miles12
Basswood6.0 miles12
Five Points7.0 miles10
Wild Rose7.3 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1957772. 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.