Czechville, Wisconsin
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Milton town. It lies in ZIP code area 54629. The Survey maps it on the Cochrane quadrangle. It stands 679 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1932 USGS Cochrane quadrangle1:62500
- 1934 USGS Cochrane quadrangle1:62500
- 1937 USGS Cochrane quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Cochrane quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Winona quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Czechville between 1992 and 2018, burning about 26 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 1992 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 April 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 14 |
| 27 February 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 October 2012 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 30 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Czechville: 20 past producers, 9 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patzner Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Buffalo City Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cochrane Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Eyedrop Lake Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lakeview Sand Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lakeview Sand Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Plain View Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Semling Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Twin Lakes Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Waumandee Creek Sand Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cochrane | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Fountain City | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Buffalo City | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Anchorage (historical) | 5.7 miles | 19 | |
| Waumandee | 8.8 miles | 11 | |
| Cream | 8.9 miles | 19 | |
| Herold | 8.9 miles | 19 | |
| Bohri (historical) | 9.5 miles | 16 |
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 Czechville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5201905 | 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 1577566. 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.







