Cheeseville, Wisconsin

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Farmington town. It lies in ZIP code area 53090. The Survey maps it on the Newburg quadrangle.

Cheeseville within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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.

1904 USGS West Bend quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1959 USGS Newburg quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1959 USGS West Bend quadrangle1:62500
1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1984 USGS Oconomowoc quadrangle1:100000
1991 USGS Oconomowoc quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

21 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Cheeseville between 2002 and 2020, burning about 22 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
Debris and open burning	8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Smoking	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2

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
28 August 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	785
17 July 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
15 June 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	19017
26 May 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	20038
29 April 2018	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	755
26 April 2018	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	753
26 April 2018	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	754
20 April 2020	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	20027

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Cheeseville: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Hartman Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Hartmann Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Lakeland Site	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
O and W Wash Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Washington 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Fillmore	2.3 miles	15
Newburg	3.1 miles	15
Myra	3.7 miles	15
Orchard Grove	3.8 miles	15
Boltonville	4.2 miles	11
Saint Michaels	5.2 miles	12
Barton	5.6 miles	15
Young America	5.7 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1577413. 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.