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Keowns, Wisconsin

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Trenton town. It lies in ZIP code area 53095. The Survey maps it on the Jackson quadrangle.

Keowns within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

25 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Keowns between 2018 and 2020, burning about 9 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined10
Debris and open burning8
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
25 August 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018127
20 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2002606
8 June 2019Smoking1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1901835
30 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2001951
23 June 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1802084
17 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2019083
13 May 2020Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2001417
10 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2001382

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington 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 Keowns: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Jackson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Johann PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Thoma PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Jackson3.5 miles15
Myra3.9 miles15
Mayfield4.2 miles15
West Bend4.6 miles15
Cedar Creek5.0 miles15
Kirchhayn5.6 miles15
Barton5.7 miles15
Young America6.3 miles15

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 KeownsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q122563994The 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 1577675. 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.