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Hans Addition, Wisconsin

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Edgerton City. It lies in ZIP code area 53534. It stands on Saunders Creek. The Survey maps it on the Edgerton quadrangle.

Hans Addition within Rock County

On record in Hans Addition

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 6 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

7,620 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 Edgerton City covers the township.

Read the chapter on Edgerton City - 7,620 words.

Fires near this place

24 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Hans Addition between 2018 and 2020, burning about 17 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 burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
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
26 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources201056
5 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1808574
11 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19738
7 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1806391
2 June 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20561
15 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19509
9 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20504
17 May 2018Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1805345

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rock County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hans Addition: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
EdgertonSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kidder PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Knudsen 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
Edgerton0.8 miles18
Newville1.7 miles18
Coopers Shores2.2 miles18
Mallwood2.6 miles18
Indianford2.7 miles18
Maple Beach2.7 miles18
Charlie Bluff4.1 miles19
Fulton4.2 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1834046. 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.