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Fellows, Wisconsin

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Center town. It lies in ZIP code area 53536. The Survey maps it on the Footville quadrangle. It stands 906 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Fellows within Rock County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

6,530 words on this township

History of Rock County, and Transactions of the Rock County Agricultural Society and Mechanics' Institute, published 1856; The History of Rock County, Wisconsin : Containing a History of Rock County, Its Early Settlement, Growth, Development, Resources, Etc., an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities, Their Improvements, Industries, Manufactories, Churches, Schools, Societies, Etc., Etc., War Record, Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Prominent Men and Early Settlers, Etc., Etc., Etc., Also History of Wisconsin, Constitution of the United States and of Wisconsin, Condensed Abstract of Laws of Wisconsin, Miscellaneous, Etc., Etc, published 1879 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Center Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Center Town - 6,530 words.

Fires near this place

5 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Fellows (historical) between 1999 and 2019, burning about 749 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined3
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1

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
9 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2019076
18 April 2004Smoking169 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 March 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined580 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources52
15 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources49

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rock County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Fellows (historical): 5 past producers. None of them 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hanke QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Miller QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Beggs PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Brunsell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Brunsell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rock 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
Cainville3.8 miles17
Leyden4.0 miles16
Magnolia5.2 miles17
Footville5.3 miles16
Evansville5.7 miles19
Fulton5.7 miles19
Cooksville6.4 miles19
Stebbinsville6.8 miles19

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 Fellows (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5442491The 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 1834003. 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.