Dacada, Wisconsin

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It lies in ZIP code area 53075. The Survey maps it on the Random Lake quadrangle.

Dacada within Sheboygan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

1954 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Sheboygan Falls quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000
1974 USGS Random Lake quadrangle1:24000
1989 USGS Sheboygan quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

9 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Dacada between 2018 and 2020, burning about 10 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Arson/incendiarism	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
9 July 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	125
1 May 2018	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	110
6 April 2020	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	57
19 April 2019	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	50
15 April 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	1178
20 March 2018	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	8
17 March 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	46
18 November 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	212

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sheboygan County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dacada: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Clump Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Deheck Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Dimmer Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Sheboygan 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Random Lake	2.9 miles	8
Cedar Grove	4.9 miles	8
Adell	5.7 miles	8
Silver Creek	6.2 miles	11
Hingham	6.6 miles	9
Gooseville	6.7 miles	11
Oostburg	8.2 miles	8
Batavia	8.3 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1563654. 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.