Cazenovia, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Cazenovia Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53924. It stands on McGlynn Creek. The Survey maps it on the La Valle quadrangle. 363 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 948 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1956 USGS Reedsburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS La Valle quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Sparta quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
84 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Cazenovia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 110 acres in total. 1 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 | 51 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SMOKER |
| 3 July 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 July 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 June 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 June 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MORS 2 |
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 Cazenovia: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunker Hill Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Chester Miller Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Dooley Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Rego Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cazenovia in 16 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 9 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Cazenovia | $1,100,000 | Water was reported over several roads, including County Road I and Highway 58. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Cazenovia | $336,000 | Runoff from heavy rains caused numerous streams across Richland County to go out of their banks. The flooding caused several roads to be closed including U.S. Highway 14, State Highways 56, 58, 80 and 131 along with numerous county and township roads. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Cazenovia | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cazenovia | $15,000 | Emergency management reported three trees blown down onto County Highway V in Cazenovia. There was also a report of a power line blown down. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cazenovia | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cazenovia | $1,000 | There was a lot of debris blowing through the air. Half inch diameter hail also fell. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cazenovia | $800 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cazenovia | $500 | no account filed |
| February 2024 | Hail | Cazenovia | - | A volunteer observer reported nickel sized hail near Cazenovia. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Cazenovia | - | Half dollar sized hail fell near Cazenovia. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Cazenovia | - | Quarter sized hail fell for 2 minutes northwest of Cazenovia. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Cazenovia | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Cazenovia | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Cazenovia | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Cazenovia | - | no account filed |
| September 1994 | Hail | Cazenovia | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germantown | 1.4 miles | 11 | |
| Bunker Hill | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Corwin (historical) | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Loyd | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| Hub City | 9.2 miles | 12 | |
| Rockbridge | 10.3 miles | 12 | |
| Henrietta (historical) | 10.6 miles | 11 | |
| Neptune | 11.0 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Cazenovia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2123667 | 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 1562828. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






