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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.

Crawford Crossing within Sauk County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 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

159 since 1992

Regional 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 burning55
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Railroad operations and maintenance18
Equipment and vehicle use17
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking7
Natural6
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony6
Fireworks3
Other causes3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
3 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesGALL FENCED-IN BARREL
3 September 2011Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesWHITE PINE
29 September 1997Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 August 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 August 2015Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesDL LIGHTNING STRIKE
23 August 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sauk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Baraboo OperationSilicaUnknown
Baraboo Quartzite Company, Inc.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cahoon MineIronPast Producer1915, 1916, 1925
Cahoon MineIronPast Producer1915, 1916
Spencer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Brown Pit # 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Farm PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Farms PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Goerks PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Halsted PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Sauk 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
Baraboo1.4 miles24
Black Hawk Manor1.6 miles19
West Baraboo2.6 miles19
Bluffview6.2 miles19
Moon Valley6.5 miles22
Greens Corners6.9 miles15
Maple Bluff Estates7.1 miles24
North Freedom7.4 miles19

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 Q5182855The 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.