Boydtown, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Marietta town. It lies in ZIP code area 53826. It lies in Boydtown Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Wauzeka East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1926 USGS Wauzeka quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Wauzeka quadrangle1:62500
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Wauzeka East quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Richland Center quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
64 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Boydtown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 425 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | WOODMAN CAR FIRE |
| 11 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 July 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 June 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Boydtown: 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Kraemer and Sons, Inc. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Wauzeka Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boydtown in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2017: 2 heavy rain. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wauzeka | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Easter Rock | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Steuben | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Barnum | 7.7 miles | 10 | |
| Plugtown | 8.3 miles | 10 | |
| Harmony Hill | 8.4 miles | 10 | |
| Mount Zion | 10.7 miles | 10 | |
| Petersburg | 11.3 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1577523. 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.







