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Carcajou, Wisconsin

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Sumner town. It lies in ZIP code area 53538. It stands on Koshkonong Creek. The Survey maps it on the Busseyville quadrangle.

Carcajou within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched 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.

In the county-history sources

1,406 words on this township

The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin, Containing ... Biographical Sketches .., published 1879 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Sumner Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Sumner Town - 1,406 words.

Fires near this place

12 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Carcajou between 2013 and 2020, burning about 16 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning3
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1808574
9 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20504
17 May 2018Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1805345
11 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1804260
31 March 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1903267
16 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1803200
15 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1803198
27 February 2020Smoking1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources190

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Carcajou: 1 past producer. None of them 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Wolf Construction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Koshkonong Manor0.8 miles18
Busseyville1.5 miles18
Glenn Oaks Beach2.0 miles18
Lake Koshkonong2.6 miles18
North Shore2.7 miles18
Koshkonong Mounds2.9 miles19
Vinnie Ha Ha3.1 miles18
Blackhawk Island3.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1562713. 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.