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Indianford, Wisconsin

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Fulton town. It lies in ZIP code area 53534. It stands on Saunders Creek. The Survey maps it on the Edgerton quadrangle. It stands 807 feet above sea level.

Indianford within Rock County

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

15,071 words on this township

History of Rock County, and Transactions of the Rock County Agricultural Society and Mechanics' Institute, published 1856; 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 Fulton Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Fulton Town - 15,071 words.

Fires near this place

16 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Indianford between 2018 and 2020, burning about 14 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 burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony1

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
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
9 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1904294
3 April 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20307
22 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1904331
1 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1904274

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 Indianford: 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
Fulton1.9 miles19
Edgerton2.5 miles18
Hans Addition2.7 miles18
Newville4.1 miles18
Coopers Shores4.7 miles18
Mallwood5.1 miles18
Stebbinsville5.2 miles19
Maple Beach5.3 miles18

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 IndianfordAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6023971The 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 1581155. 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.