Darwin, Wisconsin
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Madison City. It lies in ZIP code area 53704. The Survey maps it on the De Forest quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1890 USGS Madison quadrangle1:62500
- 1892 USGS Madison quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1904 USGS Madison quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Madison quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS De Forest quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Madison quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS De Forest quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Madison city. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Chapter
Village and Town Elections 1846-49 - Water Power - Celebra¬ tion, July 4, 1846 - Public Cemetery - Dr. C. B. Chapman's and J. T. Clark's Reminiscences - Hope Lodge I. O. O. F. - Knapp's Account of Capitol Grounds - L. J. Farwell's Arrival - First Bell in Madison - Organization of Baptist Church 1847 - Trial of Gross for Murder - Growth of Village, 1848 - State Historical Society, 1849 - State University.
In the county-history sources
304,850 words on this townshipThe county-history sources names this settlement in its chapter on Madison City. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
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 Madison City - it names this place 4 more 4 times.
Fires near this place
32 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Darwin (historical) between 2003 and 2020, burning about 561 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2021851 |
| 16 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1822998 |
| 29 August 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2020209 |
| 24 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2019797 |
| 18 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1225 |
| 26 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2017339 |
| 24 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1815050 |
| 23 June 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2014375 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Darwin (historical): 6 producers, 3 unknowns, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fess Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| John Hensen Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Madison Stone Co Inc Ghost Hill Qy | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Milwaukee Street Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ziegler Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Blooming Grove Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Engelhart Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Madison Airport Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Norway Grove Gravel Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Yanggen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Park Terrace | 0.3 miles | 24 | |
| Maple Bluff | 1.6 miles | 25 | |
| Mendota | 2.2 miles | 24 | |
| Elmside | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| Catfish (historical) | 3.1 miles | 24 | |
| Burke | 4.0 miles | 24 | |
| Sherwood Glen | 4.1 miles | 24 | |
| Tonyawatha | 4.1 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1842372. 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.









