Hyde, Wisconsin
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Ridgeway town. It lies in ZIP code area 53582. It stands on Trout Creek. The Survey maps it on the Barneveld quadrangle. It stands 787 feet above sea level.
On record in Hyde
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.
Hyde Chapellisted 1988 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1920 USGS Blue Mounds quadrangle1:62500
- 1922 USGS Blue Mounds quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Barneveld quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Blue Mounds quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1991 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
10,004 words on this townshipHistory of Iowa County, Wisconsin, Containing an Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources...biographical Sketches.., published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Ridgeway Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Ridgeway Town - 10,004 words.
Fires near this place
108 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Hyde between 1992 and 2019, burning about 211 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 were 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 | 57 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FAR LOOK FIRE |
| 7 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ERDMAN BALER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hyde: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demby Weist Mine | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | Galena | |
| W Thomas Quarry | Stone | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgeway | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Pleasant Ridge | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Coon Rock | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Barneveld | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Helena | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Arena | 7.3 miles | 15 | |
| Wyoming | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Middlebury | 10.7 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 Hyde | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14714471 | 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 1577653. 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.






