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Garden Village, Wisconsin

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Beloit town. It lies in ZIP code area 53511. The Survey maps it on the Beloit quadrangle.

Garden Village within Rock County

On record in Garden Village

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.

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

25,591 words on this township

The History of Rock County, Wisconsin; Its Early Settlement, Growth, Development, Resources, Etc., published 1879 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Beloit Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Beloit Town - 25,591 words.

Fires near this place

35 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Garden Village between 2018 and 2020, burning about 80 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Smoking6
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
25 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources181293
22 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19941
5 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources201883
30 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources181021
26 July 2018Smoking1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources183149
18 July 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2019-16
4 June 2018Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources182327
20 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources201732

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rock County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Garden Village: 6 producers, 3 past producers. 6 still produce. 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
Alseths QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Boutelle QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Wilson & Shipler QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lathers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Poff PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Skunk Hollow Pit Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Townline PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Turtle PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Turtle Township PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Holiday Hills0.5 miles16
Crestview0.9 miles16
Christilla Heights2.9 miles16
Beloit3.2 miles16
Victory Heights3.4 miles16
Belcrest3.7 miles16
Turtleville3.7 miles18
Afton4.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1565402. 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.