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Cedar Park, Wisconsin

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Burlington town. It lies in ZIP code area 53105. The Survey maps it on the Rochester quadrangle.

Cedar Park within Racine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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.

In the county-history sources

23,491 words on this township

Official Record of the Old Settlers Society of Racine County, Wisconsin : with the Historical Address of Charles E. Dyer, Delivered at Burlington, Wis., February 22, 1871, published 1871; The History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin .., published 1879 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Burlington Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Burlington Town - 23,491 words.

Fires near this place

29 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Park between 2010 and 2020, burning about 120 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined18
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
26 August 2018Natural1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources217
1 August 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources191
9 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources717
1 June 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources517
4 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources97
30 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources667
7 April 2018Debris and open burning20 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources75
7 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources67

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Racine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Park: 8 past producers, 5 producers. 5 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
Limestone Quarry #3Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pit Number 3Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Burlington Pit Yard 12Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dons PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ed Prott PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
J W Peters and Sons Inc Pit No 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kenosha County Hwy Dept Wilmot PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Krueger PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oakes PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Payne and Dolan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Racine 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
Browns Lake0.3 miles19
Burlington2.5 miles19
Rosewood3.4 miles19
Rochester3.6 miles19
Honey Lake4.4 miles19
Eagle Lake Terrace5.0 miles19
Eagle Lake Manor5.1 miles19
Waterford5.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1562862. 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.