BlockHulls Crossing, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Greenbush town. It lies in ZIP code area 53023. The Survey maps it on the Elkhart Lake quadrangle. It stands 935 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Kiel quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Elkhart Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Fond Du Lac quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Elkhart Lake quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
64 words on this townshipHistory of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, Past and Present, published 1912 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Greenbush Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Greenbush Town - 64 words.
Fires near this place
7 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Hulls Crossing between 2012 and 2020, burning about 57 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | GLENBEULAH |
| 5 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2019011 |
| 22 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2019016 |
| 25 March 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 83 |
| 23 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 87 |
| 14 October 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 56 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MULLET RIVER MARSH FIRE |
| 29 January 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2019002 |
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 Hulls Crossing: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Area Operations | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| School Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Schroeder Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenbush | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Glenbeulah | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Elkhart Lake | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Plymouth | 8.5 miles | 9 | |
| Rhine | 8.8 miles | 10 | |
| New Paris | 9.3 miles | 9 | |
| Parnell | 10.3 miles | 12 | |
| Plymouth Country View Estates | 10.4 miles | 9 |
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 Hulls Crossing | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14714468 | 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 1577650. 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.