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Maple Grove, Wisconsin

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1990. It stands in La Crosse City. It lies in ZIP code area 54601. It stands on Pammel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stoddard quadrangle.

Maple Grove within La Crosse County

On record in Maple Grove

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 within a mile 4 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 11 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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on La Crosse city. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.

From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin : Containing an Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources : an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities, Towns and Villages-their Improvements, Industries, Manufactories, Churches, Schools and Societies : Its War Record, Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Prominent Men and Early Settlers : the Whole Preceeded by a History of Wisconsin, Statistics of the State, and an Abstract of Its Laws and Constitution and the Constitution of the United States, published 1881 - La Crosse City

A Stikrixg Evknt

In the month of September of this year, 1847, a circumstance happened v.hich created immense excitement among the residents of La Crosse, involving the character and reputation of one citizen temporarily by the fear that he was guilty of the crime of murder, and had his suspected victim been found dead, as he was at one time likely to have been, the fate of a niui'derer would doulitless have been decreed him.

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In the county-history sources

39,168 words on this township

History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin : Containing an Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources : an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities, Towns and Villages-their Improvements, Industries, Manufactories, Churches, Schools and Societies : Its War Record, Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Prominent Men and Early Settlers : the Whole Preceeded by a History of Wisconsin, Statistics of the State, and an Abstract of Its Laws and Constitution and the Constitution of the United States, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on La Crosse City covers the township.

Read the chapter on La Crosse City - 39,168 words.

Fires near this place

24 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Maple Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 250 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony6
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
27 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2004198
27 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2004189
30 June 2009Fireworksunder an acreLaCrosse District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife RefugeWIGWAM SLOUGH
14 June 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLaCrosse District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife RefugeGOOSEIS
5 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources68
2 May 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 May 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2002320
9 April 2012Equipment and vehicle use195 acresLaCrosse District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife RefugeLAWRENCE LAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in La Crosse County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Maple Grove: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
La Crosse City QuarryStoneUnknown
La Crosse Sand QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lacrosse Sand and Gravel Co. MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bahr QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Chipmonk Coulee QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ober QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Torgerson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in La Crosse 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
Calvert0.5 miles18
Herrington2.3 miles18
Shelby2.4 miles18
La Crosse4.2 miles18
Grand Crossing6.8 miles18
Cold Springs6.8 miles18
North La Crosse7.2 miles18
Medary7.3 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1568971. 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.