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Ipswich, Wisconsin

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Elk Grove town. It lies in ZIP code area 53818. The Survey maps it on the Platteville quadrangle. It stands 1,033 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Ipswich within Lafayette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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.

Fires near this place

12 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Ipswich (historical) between 2018 and 2020, burning about 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
4 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20108
12 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20090
7 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018057
6 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources191007
5 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20057
26 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20064
18 April 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources202011
31 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018054

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lafayette County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 104 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 104 workings within 5 miles of Ipswich (historical): 55 past producers, 43 unknowns, 3 prospects, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Beloit-ElmoLead, ZincPast Producer1908, 1909
Big JackZinc, LeadPast Producer1926, 1941
BlockhouseZinc, LeadPast Producer1914, 1916
CrusonZinc, LeadPast Producer1908, 1909
Goke-BlockhouseLead, ZincPast Producer1920, 1921
KingeterLead, ZincProspect1906
Kistler and StephensLead, ZincPast Producer1917
RoseleipZinc, LeadPast Producer1925
A Dickes QuarryStoneUnknown
Belmont QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Lafayette 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
Elk Grove2.7 miles13
Belmont4.5 miles13
Meekers Grove4.8 miles13
Leslie4.9 miles13
Jenkinsville5.5 miles13
Truman9.6 miles12
Benton9.6 miles14
Lead Mine10.0 miles12

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 Ipswich (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6065490The 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 1577658. 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.