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Diefenbach Corners, Wisconsin

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Polk town. It lies in ZIP code area 53095. It lies near Fox Hill. The Survey maps it on the Hartford East quadrangle. It stands 1,132 feet above sea level.

Diefenbach Corners within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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.

Fires near this place

17 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Diefenbach Corners between 2014 and 2020, burning about 35 acres 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning5
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources111
17 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2019083
13 May 2020Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2001417
1 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801480
7 April 2014Debris and open burning4.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesTHERESA
4 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2000045
20 April 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1901269
30 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801070

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Diefenbach Corners: 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Jackson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Stiemke QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cedar Lake Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Johann PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rugby PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Slinger PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Cedar Lake1.7 miles15
Slinger1.9 miles15
Cedar Creek2.2 miles15
Ackerville3.0 miles15
Mayfield3.8 miles15
Saint Lawrence4.0 miles15
Nabob4.6 miles14
Rugby Junction4.8 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 Diefenbach CornersAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5274534The 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 1563979. 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.