BlockKoshkonong, Wisconsin
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Koshkonong town. It lies in ZIP code area 53538. It stands on Otter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Milton quadrangle. It stands 823 feet above sea level.
On record in Koshkonong
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Albert and Mary Shekey Houselisted 2015
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1891 USGS Koshkonong quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Koshkonong quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1906 USGS Koshkonong quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Fort Atkinson quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Milton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Lake Geneva quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Koshkonong between 1993 and 2020, burning about 11 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2000 | Smoking | 3.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 300 |
| 4 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 167 |
| 31 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 234 |
| 31 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 231 |
| 16 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1803200 |
| 27 February 2020 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 190 |
| 11 November 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Koshkonong: 2 producers. All of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Brothers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Stores Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Koshkonong Mounds | 2.0 miles | 19 | |
| Vinnie Ha Ha | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Carcajou | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Blackhawk Island | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Koshkonong Manor | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Lake Koshkonong | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| North Shore | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Glenn Oaks Beach | 4.9 miles | 18 |
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 Koshkonong | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6433150 | 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 1567627. 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.