BlockGreenwood, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Greenwood town. It lies in ZIP code area 54634. The Survey maps it on the Yuba quadrangle. It stands 922 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1927 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Yuba quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sparta quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
8,168 words on this townshipHistory of Vernon County, Wisconsin .., published 1884 names this settlement in its chapter on Greenwood Town. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Among the pioneers of 1856 who are entitled to sketches in this connection is Moses Jordan, who is a native of New Jersey; he was born in 1801. When fouryearsold his parents moved to Pennsylvania, wliere he grew to manhood. When but thirteen years of age he engaged in a flour mill to learn the milling business. In 18;i2 he removed to the State of New York, where he remained until 1838, when he moved to Illinois, lived there five years and moved to Indiana, where he remained till 1853 and then came to Bad Ax county, and bought the north half of the northwest quarter of section 26, town 13, range 1 east, in what is now Greenwood town of Vernon county. In 1854 he moved to Readsburg, where he lived two years, then returned to Greenwood. In 1869 he had the misfortune to lose his eyesight, since which time he has been blind. He was married in 1822 to Mary Shaner, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1805. They have had nine children, six of whom were living in 1884 - William, Susan, Elizabeth, Harriet, Mary and Louisa. Mr. Jordan has been a prominant man in town affairs, having been elected as the first justice of the peace, also first town treasurer.
Passage source: History of Vernon County, Wisconsin .., published 1884.
Thomas Brown, who lived in the town of Viroqua, bought the southeast quarter of section 22, in 1857. His father James Brown and family lived here at the time. Mr. Brown was an educated man and followed school teaching and surveying. He died in 18'70.
Passage source: History of Vernon County, Wisconsin .., published 1884.
Elias Kegley settled in the town in 1856. He is a native of Virginia, born in Wythe county, Sept. 3, 1824. When fourteen years old his ])arents moved to Johnson county, where he grew to manhood. In 1856 he came to Wisconsin, spent two years in the town of Greenwood and then went to Missouri, where he remained until 1862. From there he removed to Iowa where he spent a year, then returned to this town. In 1864, he went to Pine River, Richland county, where he remained till 1867, and again returning to this town bought his farm on which he lived in 1884. He was married in 1856 to Rebecca Bundy by whom he
Passage source: History of Vernon County, Wisconsin .., published 1884.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Greenwood Town - it names this place 34 more 34 times.
Fires near this place
34 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Greenwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 69 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 burning | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1900026 |
| 17 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CEMETERY FIRE |
| 6 May 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2012 |
| 11 May 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Greenwood: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwood Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Jake Miller Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Johnson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| White City | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Dilly | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Hillsboro | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| Valley | 8.5 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Tabor | 9.6 miles | 11 | |
| Trippville | 10.1 miles | 11 | |
| Rockton | 11.1 miles | 12 | |
| La Farge | 11.8 miles | 12 |
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 Greenwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5604978 | The 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 1577620. 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.