BlockBayview Heights, Wisconsin
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Dunn town. It lies in ZIP code area 53589. The Survey maps it on the Rutland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1889 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1906 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Rutland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
22 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Bayview Heights between 1994 and 2020, burning about 27 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 256 |
| 29 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 321998 |
| 25 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 186 |
| 23 July 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 184 |
| 13 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 190 |
| 15 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 126 |
| 5 April 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 98 |
| 5 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 63 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bayview Heights: 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Hawkinson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petty Acres | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Oak Knoll | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| McFarland | 3.9 miles | 23 | |
| Stoughton | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Kegonsa | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Lakeview | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Lake Waubesa | 4.9 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2515648. 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.