Evergreen Terrace, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Muscoda Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53573. The Survey maps it on the Muscoda quadrangle.
On record in Evergreen Terrace
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.
John Young Houselisted 1994 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1905 USGS Richland Center quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Muscoda quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Muscoda quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Richland Center quadrangle1:100000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Muscoda village. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Early History And Growth
There is a tradition that some English immigrants settled on the site of this village at a very early day and were massacred by the In¬ dians. Nothing definite is known about it, but on the strength of the tradition the place was called English Prairie until about 1840. The present name was evidently taken from Longfellow's Hiawatha in which is mentioned 44 the muscoda, the meadow." The place was also called Savannah.
In the county-history sources
9,009 words on this townshipHistory of Grant County, Wisconsin, published 1881; History of Grant County Wisconsin, published 1900 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Muscoda Village covers the township.
Read the chapter on Muscoda Village - 9,009 words.
Fires near this place
123 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Evergreen Terrace between 1992 and 2020, burning about 445 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | JACUZZI FIRE |
| 4 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BUFFALO FIRE |
| 25 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.9 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 August 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 600 BLOCK FIRE |
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 Evergreen Terrace: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hogskin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muscoda | 0.4 miles | 10 | |
| Blue River | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Hickory Grove | 10.3 miles | 10 | |
| Castle Rock | 10.9 miles | 10 | |
| Centerville | 11.8 miles | 10 | |
| Homer | 11.9 miles | 10 | |
| Boscobel | 14.8 miles | 10 | |
| Montfort | 14.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2630568. 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.







