Crawford Crossing, Wisconsin
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Baraboo town. It lies in ZIP code area 53913. The Survey maps it on the Baraboo quadrangle. It stands 866 feet above sea level.
On record in Crawford Crossing
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 4 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Bear & Deer HouseNational Historic Landmark · listed 1969 · 0.9 miles away
William Clark Houselisted 1980 · 0.9 miles away
Baraboo Chicago & North Western Depot and Division Officeslisted 2022 · 0.9 miles away
Ruhland, Charles and Annalisted 2017 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 24 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.
- 1895 USGS Baraboo quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1908 USGS Baraboo quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Baraboo quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Baraboo NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Baraboo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Baraboo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
159 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Crawford Crossing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 154 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 6 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 | 55 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | GALL FENCED-IN BARREL |
| 3 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | WHITE PINE |
| 29 September 1997 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | DL LIGHTNING STRIKE |
| 23 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Crawford Crossing: 5 past producers, 4 producers, 3 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baraboo Operation | Silica | Unknown | ||
| Baraboo Quartzite Company, Inc. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cahoon Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1915, 1916, 1925 | |
| Cahoon Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1915, 1916 | |
| Spencer Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Brown Pit # 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Farm Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Farms Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Goerks Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Halsted Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baraboo | 1.4 miles | 24 | |
| Black Hawk Manor | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| West Baraboo | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Bluffview | 6.2 miles | 19 | |
| Moon Valley | 6.5 miles | 22 | |
| Greens Corners | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| Maple Bluff Estates | 7.1 miles | 24 | |
| North Freedom | 7.4 miles | 19 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q5182855 | 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 1577560. 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.








