Black Hawk Manor, Wisconsin
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Baraboo City. It lies in ZIP code area 53913. The Survey maps it on the North Freedom quadrangle.
On record in Black Hawk Manor
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 6 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Island Woolen Company Office Buildinglisted 2011 · 0.8 miles away
Manchester Street Bridgelisted 1988 · 0.8 miles away
Baraboo Chicago & North Western Depot and Division Officeslisted 2022 · 0.9 miles away
Jacob Van Orden Houselisted 1996 · 0.9 miles away
William Clark Houselisted 1980 · 1.0 miles away
Ruhland, Charles and Annalisted 2017 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1901 USGS Denzer quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS North Freedom quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS North Freedom quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS North Freedom NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Baraboo city. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
The Independent
In the spring of 1866, D. K. Noyes, after returning home from the war with one foot shot off, in casting about for a business occupation, fastened his mind upon the printing business, and made efforts to purchase the Republic, but, failing in that, he purchased and brought on an office equip* ment, and started a paper, entitling it "The Independent," D.
In the county-history sources
69,180 words on this townshipOutline Sketches of Sauk County; Including Its History, from the First Marks of Man's Hand ... and Its Topography, Both Written and Illustrated, published 1861; The History of Sauk County, Wisconsin, Containing an Account of Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources ... Biographical Sketches ... the Whole Preceded by a History of Wisconsin, published 1880; A Standard History of Sauk County, Wisconsin, published 1918 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Baraboo City covers the township.
Read the chapter on Baraboo City - 69,180 words.
Fires near this place
155 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Black Hawk Manor between 1992 and 2020, burning about 204 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 7 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 | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | GALL FENCED-IN BARREL |
| 3 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | WHITE PINE |
| 29 September 1997 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PAWS AND CLAWS |
| 23 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | DL LIGHTNING STRIKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Black Hawk Manor: 5 past producers, 3 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Silica, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baraboo Operation | Silica | Unknown | ||
| Spencer Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cahoon Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1915, 1916, 1925 | |
| Cahoon Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1915, 1916 | |
| Brown Pit # 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Farm Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Farms Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Goerks Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Halsted Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Halsted Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baraboo | 1.2 miles | 24 | |
| West Baraboo | 1.3 miles | 19 | |
| Crawford Crossing | 1.6 miles | 24 | |
| North Freedom | 5.8 miles | 19 | |
| Bluffview | 6.1 miles | 19 | |
| LaRue | 7.1 miles | 19 | |
| Greens Corners | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| Moon Valley | 7.6 miles | 22 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122551317 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2612462. 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.






