Edgerton Beach Park, Wisconsin
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Albion town. It lies in ZIP code area 53534. The Survey maps it on the Edgerton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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 Stoughton quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Edgerton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Stoughton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
17,674 words on this townshipHistory of Dane County, Wisconsin ... Preceded by a History of Wisconsin, Statistics of the State, and an Abstract of Its Laws and Constitution and of the Constitution of the United States, published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Albion Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Albion Town - 17,674 words.
Fires near this place
26 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Edgerton Beach Park between 2013 and 2020, burning about 22 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 201056 |
| 5 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1808574 |
| 11 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19738 |
| 7 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1806391 |
| 2 June 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20561 |
| 15 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19509 |
| 9 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20504 |
| 17 May 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1805345 |
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 Edgerton Beach Park: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kidder Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Knudsen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wolf Construction Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickory Hills | 0.3 miles | 18 | |
| Highwood | 0.5 miles | 18 | |
| Indian Heights | 1.1 miles | 18 | |
| Albion | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Hillside | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Rockdale | 7.2 miles | 18 | |
| Hanerville (historical) | 7.5 miles | 19 | |
| Utica | 8.6 miles | 18 |
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 Q122598571 | 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 1842399. 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.







