BlockDell Prairie, Wisconsin
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Dell Prairie town. It lies in ZIP code area 53965. The Survey maps it on the Big Spring quadrangle. It stands 1,004 feet above sea level. 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
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1902 USGS Briggsville quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Briggsville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wisconsin Dells quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Wisconsin Dells quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
178 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Dell Prairie (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 227 acres in total. 3 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 burning | 67 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2001 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HIGHWAY 13-2 |
| 2 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HIGHWAY 13-1 |
| 13 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SQUIRREL |
| 3 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 August 2012 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MEADOWBROOK FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dell Prairie (historical): 1 past producer. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kettleson Pit | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Spring | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Plainville | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| Brooks | 11.5 miles | 10 | |
| Easton | 12.7 miles | 10 | |
| White Creek | 13.2 miles | 10 | |
| New Chester (historical) | 14.0 miles | 10 | |
| Brookside | 14.4 miles | 10 | |
| Grand Marsh | 15.2 miles | 11 |
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 Dell Prairie (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5254132 | 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 1837581. 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.