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Catfish, Wisconsin

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Westport town. It stands on Sixmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Waunakee quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Catfish within Dane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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.

Fires near this place

25 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Catfish (historical) between 2003 and 2020, burning about 557 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined22
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
17 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2021851
16 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1822998
6 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources342
26 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2017339
24 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1815050
14 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources304
1 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1812921
4 May 2004Equipment and vehicle use50 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dane County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Catfish (historical): 6 producers, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Endres QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Madison Stone Co Inc Ghost Hill QyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Blooming Grove PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Madison Airport PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Schumacher PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Westport PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Yahara Materials Company Kipley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dane 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
Mendota1.0 miles24
Maple Bluff2.6 miles25
Oak Park Terrace2.9 miles24
Darwin (historical)3.1 miles24
Waunakee3.9 miles24
Lake Windsor4.7 miles24
Elmside5.1 miles23
Kingsley Corners5.3 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1842357. 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.