BlockBasco, Wisconsin
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Montrose town. It lies in ZIP code area 53508. The Survey maps it on the Verona quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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 New Glarus quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS New Glarus quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Verona quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Basco between 2004 and 2020, burning about 19 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 | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19-109 |
| 25 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TRACTOR FIRE |
| 5 April 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 40 |
| 26 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18427 |
| 22 April 2018 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18418 |
| 16 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18335 |
| 1 April 2018 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18329 |
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 Basco: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freitag | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Basco in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2019: 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Basco | $10,000 | Dozens of trees down between Verona and Belleville, including the Paoli area. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Basco | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paoli | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Belleville | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Montrose (historical) | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Fitchburg | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| Oak Hall | 4.9 miles | 20 | |
| Verona | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Oregon | 7.0 miles | 20 | |
| Five Points (historical) | 7.3 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1561217. 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.
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.