Durwards Glen, Wisconsin
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Caledonia town. It lies in ZIP code area 53913. The Survey maps it on the Durwards Glen quadrangle. It stands 1,030 feet above sea level.
On record in Durwards Glen
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Durward's Glenlisted 1978 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 22 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.
- 1895 USGS Baraboo quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1908 USGS Baraboo quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Baraboo quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Baraboo NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Durwards Glen quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
122 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Durwards Glen between 1992 and 2019, burning about 177 acres in total. 2 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 | 56 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Other causes | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HIGHWAY DL |
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 Durwards Glen: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blau Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Achterberg Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Baraboo Quartzite Company, Inc. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Wisconsin | 4.6 miles | 22 | |
| Harmony Grove | 5.1 miles | 22 | |
| Okee | 5.6 miles | 22 | |
| Dekorra | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Lodi | 9.3 miles | 22 | |
| Portage | 9.7 miles | 13 | |
| Lewiston | 10.1 miles | 15 | |
| Poynette | 10.5 miles | 13 |
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 Durwards Glen | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5316819 | 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 1577579. 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.







