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Danville, Wisconsin

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Elba town. It lies in ZIP code area 53925. It stands on Nolan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Astico quadrangle. It stands 823 feet above sea level.

Danville within Dodge County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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.

In the county-history sources

3,289 words on this township

The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, Containing ... Its Early Settlement, Growth ... an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities ... War Record, Biographical Sketches, published 1880 names this settlement in its chapter on Elba Town. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

JOHX S. BKAN, farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. Danville; was born in Merrimac Co., N. H., in February, ls:;it ; he came to Elba Township in March, 1861. He enli.sted, Oct. 23 of that year, in Co. D, 16th W.V. I. ; he \^as severely wounded in the arm at the battle of Shiloh ; he then, being disabled forduty in the field, engaged in the recruiting service, afterward as Clerk of Court Martial, and in Commissary Department; joined his company in October, 1863; Dec. 23, 1864, he was discharged and mustered into service as Second Lieutenant of 47th U. S. Colored Inf ; was promoted to First Lieutenant Nov. 11,1 865 ; was discharged Jan. 4, 1866. Mr. Bean was married, Oct. 26, 1864, to Ellen C. Eastman, born in New Hampshire, December, 1839 ; they have two children - Mabel O. B., and Jennie M. Bought present farm Oct. 20, 1866; he has 120 acres of land. He has been Assessor of Elba Township three terms, Justice of the Peace four terms, and Town Clerk two terms.

Passage source: The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, Containing ... Its Early Settlement, Growth ... an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities ... War Record, Biographical Sketches, published 1880.

DA^IEl.. BRLIEC'HKR, farmer, Sec. 26; P.O. Danville; was born in Prussia in 1824; he came to this country with his parents, Daniel and Elisabeth Bruecher ; his father entered 160 acres of land in Elba Township, eighty of which is included in the farm of his son Daniel ; his parents had eight children, seven of whom are living, four of whom are residents of Dodge Co., two of Columbia Co. and one of Minnesota. His father died Nov. 1, 1857. He was married to Barbary King, whose parents came to this country from Germany in 1853 ; they have seven children - Louisa, Josephine, William, Edward, Elizabeth, Daniel and Charles. Mr. Bruecher has been a member of the Board of Supervisors of Dodge Co. for thirteen vears.

Passage source: The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, Containing ... Its Early Settlement, Growth ... an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities ... War Record, Biographical Sketches, published 1880.

MILE!^ BURNHAlfl, farmer, Sec. 21 ; P. O. Danville; was born in Genesee Co., N. Y., in March, 1822 ; he came to Dodge Co. in October, 1844, and entered forty acres of land, where the village of Danville now stands ; he was accompanied by his cousin, Morris Burnham and Samuel Hasey ; these gentlemen were the fir.st residents of what is now Elba Township ; during this autumn, Mr. Burnham and his cousin engaged to construct a dam and saw-mill at Danville for Mr. Lawton Carrier ; but they purchased the property before the completion of the work. Mr. Burham was married to Caroline Johnson, daughter of Charles Johnson, who came from Racine to Elba Township in 1345 ; has three children - Melissa (now Mrs. John C. Brainerd), George and Matie, all residing at Blooming Prairie, Minn. Mr. B. was the first Township Clerk of Elba Township ; has been Justice of the Peace since 1852, except one year; served a term as member of the County Board of Supervisors; was elected to the Legislature in 1866. Mr. Burnham has the honor of being the oldest settler of Elba Township; the respect and confidence in which he is held by his fellow- citizens is indicated by the many places of public trust which he has held.

Passage source: The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, Containing ... Its Early Settlement, Growth ... an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities ... War Record, Biographical Sketches, published 1880.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Elba Town - it names this place 14 more 14 times.

Fires near this place

25 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Danville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 53 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 burning10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
16 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesBERNDT TRASH PILE
1 August 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHWY 151
4 July 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 July 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 May 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources74
7 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources111
6 April 1992Smoking5.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dodge County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Danville: 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Derr QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
County Trunk K QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Helen H Westphal QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lucille Westphal PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Dodge County

Storms near this place

10 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Danville in 10 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2015Thunderstorm WindDanville$120,000Straight line wind damage collapsed the roofs of three old barns and partially collapsed the roof of a pole barn. Many large tree branches snapped and some whole trees downed. Many power lines down. Some fields of corn were laid over on an angle.
May 2000Flash FloodDanville$20,000no account filed
July 2015Flash FloodDanville$10,000Urban and rural road flooding. The pooling of water on highway 151 contributed to a rollover accident near Beaver Dam. Rainfall totals of 4-6 inches.
April 2023FloodDanville$3,000A few municipalities reported water over the roadways in the southern portion of the county. Ditches and yards filled with water in Lowell.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindDanville$500A tree snapped in half.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindDanville-Reported wind gust from law enforcement.
June 2001HailDanville-no account filed
March 2000HailDanville-no account filed
July 2000HailDanville-no account filed
June 1994HailDanville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dodge 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
Astico1.3 miles10
Reeseville6.0 miles10
Leipsig7.4 miles11
Lowell7.5 miles10
South Beaver Dam9.1 miles10
North Lowell9.1 miles10
Lost Lake9.8 miles10
Richwood10.6 miles15

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 DanvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5221337The 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 1578577. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.