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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.

Durwards Glen within Columbia County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 22 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

122 since 1992

Regional 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 burning56
Equipment and vehicle use19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Other causes9
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
Natural2

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
29 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 August 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 August 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 August 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHIGHWAY DL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Blau PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Achterberg QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Baraboo Quartzite Company, Inc.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Columbia 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
Lake Wisconsin4.6 miles22
Harmony Grove5.1 miles22
Okee5.6 miles22
Dekorra6.7 miles13
Lodi9.3 miles22
Portage9.7 miles13
Lewiston10.1 miles15
Poynette10.5 miles13

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 GlenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5316819The 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.