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Diamond Grove, Wisconsin

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Beetown town. It lies in ZIP code area 53810. It stands on Muskellunge Creek. The Survey maps it on the Beetown quadrangle. It stands 1,004 feet above sea level.

Diamond Grove within Grant County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Beetown town. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.

From History of Grant County Wisconsin, published 1900 - Beetown Town

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The principal crime which has been committed in Beetown was the murder of De Lasseaux (or De Lassaulx) by a miner named Robert B. Brewer, in April, 1846. The murdered man was a smelter, a man of considerable means and good education, and Alsatian by birth, and a civil engineer by profession. He was very popular on account of his liberality, and respected on account of his ability and education.

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In the county-history sources

8,426 words on this township

History of Grant County, Wisconsin, published 1881; History of Grant County Wisconsin, published 1900 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Beetown Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Beetown Town - 8,426 words.

Fires near this place

1 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Diamond Grove in 2019, burning under an acre 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
Debris and open burning1

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
21 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1905003

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Diamond Grove: 6 past producers, 4 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc. 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
Black JackZinc, LeadUnknownSphalerite
Eberle MineZinc, LeadUnknownSphalerite
Eberle MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
Yellow Jacket MineZinc, LeadUnknownSphalerite
Atkinson MineLeadUnknownGalena
Martin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pautsman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Peter Kershbaum QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ulehoven QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Vorwald QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Grant 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
Beetown1.8 miles16
North Andover2.9 miles16
Flora Fountain5.0 miles16
Five Points6.1 miles16
Bloomington6.4 miles16
Cassville6.6 miles16
Burton7.5 miles16
Hurricane7.9 miles16

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 Diamond GroveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5270803The 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 1577572. 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.