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.
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.
Exchange Square Historic Districtlisted 1984 · 0.6 miles away
Francis West Smith Houselisted 1979 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1893 USGS Brodhead quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Brodhead quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Brodhead West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:100000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Brodhead city. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
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
In the county-history sources
22,119 words on this townshipHistory 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 2018Regional 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 burning | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 68 |
| 20 June 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 105 |
| 17 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 60 |
| 29 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 78 |
| 23 April 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 74 |
| 22 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 72 |
| 15 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19034 |
| 12 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 64 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coles Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Knight Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Rock County Highway Department | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| State Right of Way Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brodhead | 0.5 miles | 18 | |
| Clarence (historical) | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Decatur | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Juda | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| Albany | 7.4 miles | 17 | |
| Oakley | 7.5 miles | 18 | |
| Mineral Point (historical) | 8.4 miles | 17 | |
| Twin Grove | 10.3 miles | 15 |
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 Q122563821 | 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 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.







