Blackhawk Island, Wisconsin
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Koshkonong town. It lies in ZIP code area 53538. It stands on Allen Creek. The Survey maps it on the Busseyville quadrangle.
On record in Blackhawk Island
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Lorine Niedecker Cottagelisted 2018 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1891 USGS Koshkonong quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Koshkonong quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1906 USGS Koshkonong quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Busseyville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Fort Atkinson quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Lake Geneva quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Blackhawk Island between 2000 and 2020, burning about 20 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 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 132 |
| 6 April 2000 | Smoking | 3.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 107 |
| 26 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 56 |
| 18 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 72 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Blackhawk Island: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poyers Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Fort Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Poyers Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vinnie Ha Ha | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Lake Koshkonong | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| North Shore | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Koshkonong Mounds | 2.0 miles | 19 | |
| Koshkonong Manor | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Fort Atkinson | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Carcajou | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Koshkonong | 3.9 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1561899. 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.









