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Farmers Grove, Wisconsin

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1981. It stands in York town. It lies in ZIP code area 53570. The Survey maps it on the New Glarus quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Farmers Grove within Green County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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.

In the county-history sources

10,659 words on this township

History of Green County, Wisconsin, published 1877; History of Green County, Wisconsin, published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on York Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on York Town - 10,659 words.

Fires near this place

21 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Farmers Grove (historical) between 2018 and 2020, burning about 170 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
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 May 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources3387
18 May 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1806345
8 April 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1904463
8 April 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018-17
7 April 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources3368
7 April 2018Debris and open burning35 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018-16
5 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2006575
29 April 2018Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1806350

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Green County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Farmers Grove (historical): 6 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Newkirk MineLead, ZincUnknownGalena
Zweefel QuarryStoneUnknown
Deans QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Freitag QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Goebeli QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hustad QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lingard QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Nybroten QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
P.W. Ryan Sons, Inc.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Wirth QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Green 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
Postville1.8 miles12
New Glarus5.1 miles13
Willet (historical)5.6 miles13
Monticello7.4 miles15
Schultz9.2 miles15
Ross Crossing9.6 miles14
Stearns10.8 miles15
Exeter11.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2760449. 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.