BlockCassell, Wisconsin
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1991. It lies in ZIP code area 53583. It lies near Otter Island. The Survey maps it on the Mazomanie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1920 USGS Blue Mounds quadrangle1:62500
- 1922 USGS Blue Mounds quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Arena quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Blue Mounds quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1991 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
109 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Cassell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 242 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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 | 44 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 September 2000 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cassell: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hildebrandt Stone Company Quarry | Flagstone | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1577539. 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.