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Moscow, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Moscow town. It lies in ZIP code area 53544. It lies near McPeace Valley. The Survey maps it on the Blanchardville quadrangle. It stands 840 feet above sea level.

Moscow within Iowa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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.

Fires near this place

12 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Moscow between 2018 and 2020, burning about 54 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning7
Arson/incendiarism4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
2 May 2020Debris and open burning2.5 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2020-14
8 April 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018-17
7 April 2018Debris and open burning35 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018-16
6 April 2019Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2019-20
5 April 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2019-18
25 April 2018Debris and open burning3.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018-22
20 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2020-12
15 April 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2019-24

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Iowa County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Moscow: 2 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Larson QuarryStoneUnknown
Lockwood QuarryStoneUnknown
P.W. Ryan Sons, Inc.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Presbroten QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Vinger QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Iowa 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
Hollandale5.2 miles12
Adamsville (historical)5.9 miles12
Middlebury7.3 miles12
Jonesdale9.5 miles12
Waldwick9.8 miles13
Barneveld12.8 miles15
Ridgeway13.7 miles15
Dodgeville17.0 miles14

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 MoscowAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14714552The 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 1577735. 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.