BlockMisha Mokwa, Wisconsin
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Nelson town. It lies in ZIP code area 54756. It lies near Cascade Valley. The Survey maps it on the Wabasha North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1932 USGS Wabasha quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Wabasha quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Wabasha North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
910 words on this townshipHistory of Buffalo County, Wisconsin, published 1888 names this settlement in its chapter on Nelson Town. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
There are at present two postoffices in the town, Nelson and Misha Mokwa. The exact date of the establishment of Nelson post office I was unable to to learn, but as E. A. Warner was the first postmaster, it was not established before 1858 as he had come but a short time before. Nor can I give the exact date when it was transferred to Ed.Giebel, who at that time kept store near the old Farmers' Home Tavern. J. P. Butler, the present postmaster, was appointed July 28, 1886. The office is now kept in the village of Fairview near the railroad station of
Passage source: History of Buffalo County, Wisconsin, published 1888.
The Village of Nelson is laid out adjacent to the station of the Burlington and Northern railroad. Misha Mokwa contains a gristmill, one store and one hotel besides other houses. Fairview has several saloons, one store and one blacksmith shop, Nelson one store, one hotel and two saloons, besides "warehouses, depot, coalmagazine, and, I think, the schoolhouse of Dist. No. 5 and a Catholic church, which is not yet completed.
Passage source: History of Buffalo County, Wisconsin, published 1888.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Nelson Town - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
Fires near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Misha Mokwa between 2018 and 2020, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 2 |
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 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2021008 |
| 28 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018007 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Misha Mokwa: 5 past producers, 5 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Slough Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Maxville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bernard Traun Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Center Creek Road Dolomite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Dry Coulee Limestone Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Gifford Shale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hurlburt Dolomite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Kralewski Dolomite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Strand Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Traun Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maxville | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Savoy (historical) | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Nelson | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Urne | 6.3 miles | 19 | |
| Tell | 11.1 miles | 19 | |
| Modena | 11.7 miles | 19 | |
| Springdale (historical) | 12.6 miles | 12 | |
| Alma | 13.2 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1577731. 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.