Loddes Mill, Wisconsin
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Prairie du Sac town. It lies in ZIP code area 53583. It sits by Loddes Mill Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Sauk Prairie quadrangle. It stands 741 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1901 USGS Denzer quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS North Freedom quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS North Freedom SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Sauk Prairie quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
234 words on this townshipThe History of Sauk County, Wisconsin, Containing an Account of Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources ... Biographical Sketches ... the Whole Preceded by a History of Wisconsin, published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Prairie Du Sac Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Prairie Du Sac Town - 234 words.
Fires near this place
149 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Loddes Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 464 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 | 54 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TRUSSEL SMOKE |
| 6 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FITZGERALD YARD |
| 5 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SNUFFYS |
| 27 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BREUNIG RD |
| 13 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | COUNTY Y FIRE |
| 24 July 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.8 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | O COMPLEX #3 |
| 2 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | O COMPLEX #1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Loddes Mill: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Flagstone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hildebrandt Stone Company Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Matousek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Pulvermacher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sauk City | 4.2 miles | 22 | |
| Prairie du Sac | 4.4 miles | 22 | |
| Witwen | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Black Hawk | 6.7 miles | 19 | |
| Denzer | 7.2 miles | 19 | |
| Bluffview | 7.5 miles | 19 | |
| Leland | 9.2 miles | 19 | |
| Moon Valley | 10.0 miles | 22 |
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 Loddes Mill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6666219 | 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 1581158. 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.






