BlockGooseville, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Sherman town. It lies in ZIP code area 53001. It stands on Gooseville Creek. The Survey maps it on the Batavia quadrangle.
On record in Gooseville
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.
Gooseville Mill/Grist Milllisted 1984 · 0.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Kewaskum quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Batavia quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Fond Du Lac quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Gooseville between 2014 and 2020, burning about 21 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2183 |
| 31 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Leopold Wetland Management District | BATAVIA 2 |
| 6 May 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Leopold Wetland Management District | BATAVIA |
| 29 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 755 |
| 29 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1378 |
| 26 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1330 |
| 15 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1178 |
| 21 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 930 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gooseville: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cascade Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Clump Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Skelton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Southwest Area Operation | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batavia | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Silver Creek | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Cranberry Marsh | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Random Lake | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Adell | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Cascade | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Beechwood | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Dacada | 6.7 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1577618. 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.