BlockCranberry Marsh, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Scott town. It lies in ZIP code area 53001. The Survey maps it on the Batavia quadrangle. It stands 899 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1955 USGS Kewaskum quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Batavia quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Fond Du Lac quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Cranberry Marsh between 2004 and 2020, burning about 13 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2183 |
| 7 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1956 |
| 31 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Leopold Wetland Management District | BATAVIA 2 |
| 6 May 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Leopold Wetland Management District | BATAVIA |
| 15 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 838 |
| 3 April 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 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 | 754 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cranberry Marsh: 1 producer. All of them 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Area Operation | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beechwood | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Batavia | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Silver Creek | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Gooseville | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Parnell | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Random Lake | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Cascade | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Adell | 7.8 miles | 8 |
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 Cranberry Marsh | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5181899 | 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 1563497. 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.