BlockKeyeser, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Leeds town. It lies in ZIP code area 53532. The Survey maps it on the Morrisonville quadrangle. It stands 1,001 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1901 USGS Poynette quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Poynette quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Morrisonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
53 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Keyeser between 1992 and 2020, burning about 198 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 | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.3 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | KLEINERT ROAD |
| 4 July 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 July 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.4 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 July 2010 | Other causes | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | KRONCKE CORN CRIB |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Keyeser: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paulson Schwenn Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds Center | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Leeds | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| North Leeds | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Lowville | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Arlington | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Otsego | 8.7 miles | 9 | |
| Poynette | 10.1 miles | 13 | |
| Rio | 10.5 miles | 9 |
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 Keyeser | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6398273 | 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 1567451. 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.