BlockDrovers Woods, Wisconsin
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Sun Prairie town. It lies in ZIP code area 53559. The Survey maps it on the Sun Prairie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 26 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 Sun Prairie quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Sun Prairie quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1905 USGS Sun Prairie quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Sun Prairie quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Sun Prairie quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Sun Prairie quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1991 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Drovers Woods between 2018 and 2020, burning about 7 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/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19092 |
| 13 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19095 |
| 10 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 965 |
| 25 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 228245 |
| 9 May 2020 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 691 |
| 4 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 669 |
| 21 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 759 |
| 15 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 732 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Drovers Woods: 1 unknown, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bird Street Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| John Hensen Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mccarthy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deansville | 1.7 miles | 24 | |
| Pierceville | 2.6 miles | 26 | |
| City View Heights | 2.7 miles | 26 | |
| Burgess Corners | 3.0 miles | 26 | |
| Marshall | 3.4 miles | 24 | |
| Buss's Corners (historical) | 4.0 miles | 26 | |
| Schey Acres | 4.3 miles | 26 | |
| Sun Prairie | 4.5 miles | 26 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122566990 | 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 1842387. 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.