Englewood, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Fountain Prairie town. It lies in ZIP code area 53932. The Survey maps it on the Fall River quadrangle. It stands 889 feet above sea level.
On record in Englewood
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.
Nashold 20-sided Barnlisted 1988 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Fall River quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
166,159 words on this townshipThe History of Columbia County, Wisconsin, Containing an Account of Its Settlement .., published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Fountain Prairie Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Fountain Prairie Town - 166,159 words.
Fires near this place
100 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Englewood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 492 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 45 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | DG DITCH GRASS #2 |
| 4 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | DG DITCH GRASS #1 |
| 17 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | LEINKE STRAW FIRE |
| 5 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.4 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | DG BOBCAT |
| 19 July 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 July 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Englewood: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Cass 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall River | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Doylestown | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Otsego | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Columbus | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Cambria | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| Randolph | 8.4 miles | 10 | |
| Rio | 8.8 miles | 9 | |
| Friesland | 11.0 miles | 10 |
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 Englewood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5378115 | 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 1842955. 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.




