Hoepkers Corners, Wisconsin
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1991. It lies in ZIP code area 53718. The Survey maps it on the De Forest quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 24 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.
- 1890 USGS Madison quadrangle1:62500
- 1892 USGS Madison quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1904 USGS Madison quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Madison quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS De Forest quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Madison quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS De Forest quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
30 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Hoepkers Corners between 2003 and 2020, burning about 562 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 | 20 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2021851 |
| 16 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1822998 |
| 29 August 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2020209 |
| 18 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1225 |
| 31 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 955 |
| 24 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1815050 |
| 23 June 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2014375 |
| 9 May 2020 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 691 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Hoepkers Corners: 5 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bird Street Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Madison Airport Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Madison Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Madison Stone Co Inc Ghost Hill Qy | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Milwaukee Street Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Token Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ziegler Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwood Glen | 0.4 miles | 24 | |
| Sunburst | 0.9 miles | 24 | |
| Foxmoor Hills | 2.1 miles | 24 | |
| Burke | 2.1 miles | 24 | |
| Token Creek | 2.1 miles | 24 | |
| Wynbrooke | 2.1 miles | 24 | |
| Raintree | 2.2 miles | 24 | |
| Sun Prairie | 4.0 miles | 26 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122563845 | 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 1842465. 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.









