Kegonsa, Wisconsin
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Pleasant Springs town. It lies in ZIP code area 53589. The Survey maps it on the Stoughton quadrangle. It stands 876 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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 Stoughton quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Stoughton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Stoughton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Kegonsa between 1994 and 2020, burning about 32 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/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 321998 |
| 14 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 232 |
| 5 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 160 |
| 25 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 186 |
| 23 July 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 184 |
| 13 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 190 |
| 2 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 107 |
| 8 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 101 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Kegonsa: 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Hawkinson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kreuger Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lunde Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Rucks Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kegonsa in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Hail | Kegonsa | - | Video of 1 inch diameter hail falling. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petty Acres | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Oak Knoll | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Door Creek | 3.6 miles | 26 | |
| Hoffman Corners | 4.1 miles | 26 | |
| Utica | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Stoughton | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Nora | 4.6 miles | 26 | |
| Bayview Heights | 4.7 miles | 19 |
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 Kegonsa | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6383459 | 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 1577672. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







