Marxville, Wisconsin
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Berry town. It lies in ZIP code area 53560. The Survey maps it on the Black Earth quadrangle. It stands 902 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1907 USGS Cross Plains quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Cross Plains quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Black Earth quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Cross Plains quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
67 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Marxville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 245 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | WHIPPORWILL |
| 13 July 2001 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 June 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 June 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | COLLINS RIDGE |
| 5 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2019-40 |
| 30 May 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 May 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Marxville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marxville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marxville in 5 storm reports between 2004 and 2026: 3 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Marxville | $3,000 | A brief tornado spun up along Old Settlers Rd., just south of the Township line (or about 0.2 mile south of of the intersection of Old Settlers Rd. and Katzenbuechel Rd.). One home had a couple windows damaged by flying debris, and several large trees were uprooted or twisted/sheared on a couple properties. The typical sequence of events was observed by the home's owner's - heavy rain and some wind, then calm, then the freight-train noise, and they could barely close the front door. The responsible supercell moved southeast toward Madison and eventually spun up another tornado on the southwest side of Madison. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Marxville | - | Trained spotter reports 1.25 inch diameter hail west of Sun Prairie. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marxville | - | Trees down. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Marxville | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Marxville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aldens Corners (historical) | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Lutheran Hill | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Martinsville | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Roxbury | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Springfield Corners | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Cross Plains | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Black Earth | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Ashton | 7.2 miles | 15 |
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 Marxville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6778680 | 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 1569101. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






