Elvers, Wisconsin
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Vermont town. It lies in ZIP code area 53515. It stands on Ryan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Blue Mounds quadrangle. It stands 814 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1920 USGS Blue Mounds quadrangle1:62500
- 1922 USGS Blue Mounds quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Blue Mounds quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Blue Mounds quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1991 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
96 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Elvers between 1992 and 2020, burning about 328 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 19 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 | 57 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BEE BURNT |
| 25 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18-2833 |
| 22 July 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 June 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19250 |
| 8 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | RYAN RD |
| 8 May 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ELLESON WOODS |
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 Elvers: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Stone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brighams Mine | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | Galena | |
| Reilly Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Swenson Quarry | Stone | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Norway | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Blue Mounds | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Mount Horeb | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Black Earth | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Mazomanie | 7.4 miles | 16 | |
| Pine Bluff | 7.6 miles | 16 | |
| Klevenville | 7.6 miles | 16 | |
| Cross Plains | 8.1 miles | 16 |
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 Elvers | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5368018 | 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 1577589. 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.






