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Corwin, Wisconsin

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Westford town. It lies in ZIP code area 53924. It stands on Corwin Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Valton quadrangle. It stands 1,263 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Corwin within Richland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Corwin (historical) between 1992 and 2018, burning about 176 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 burning37
Equipment and vehicle use12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
Other causes2
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1

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
11 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHAYBINE
19 July 1994Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 June 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesCEMETERY FIRE
16 June 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 May 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 May 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 May 2009Debris and open burning2.5 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesMORS 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Corwin (historical): 3 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Mcglynn QuarryStoneUnknown
Bunker Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dooley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rego QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Snyder QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Richland 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
Bunker Hill1.4 miles12
Germantown3.5 miles11
Hub City4.5 miles12
Cazenovia4.7 miles11
Rockbridge5.8 miles12
Loyd5.9 miles11
Henrietta (historical)6.0 miles11
Buck Creek7.1 miles12

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 Corwin (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14714430The 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 1957774. 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.