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Cardinal Crest, Wisconsin

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Brodhead City. It lies in ZIP code area 53520. The Survey maps it on the Brodhead West quadrangle.

Cardinal Crest within Green County

On record in Cardinal Crest

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 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Brodhead city. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.

From History of Green County, Wisconsin, published 1884 - Brodhead City

Wagon And Carriage Manufacturers

The first to manufacture wagons at Brodhead was William Spencer, who commenced here in 1857. He manufactured a few wagons and continued in the busiiK'ss until the war broke out, when he enlisted in the 18th Wisconsin regiment, and went into the service. At the battle of Sliiloh he was severely wounded; removed

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In the county-history sources

22,119 words on this township

History of Green County, Wisconsin, published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Brodhead City covers the township.

Read the chapter on Brodhead City - 22,119 words.

Fires near this place

14 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Cardinal Crest between 2018 and 2020, burning about 12 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
Debris and open burning7
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
29 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources68
20 June 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources105
17 June 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources60
29 April 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources78
23 April 2018Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources74
22 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources72
15 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19034
12 April 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources64

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Green County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Cardinal Crest: 3 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Coles QuarryStoneUnknown
Knight QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rock County Highway DepartmentStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
State Right of Way QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Green 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
Brodhead0.5 miles18
Clarence (historical)1.8 miles18
Decatur2.4 miles17
Juda6.9 miles15
Albany7.4 miles17
Oakley7.5 miles18
Mineral Point (historical)8.4 miles17
Twin Grove10.3 miles15

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 Q122563821The 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 2630565. 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.