BlockMount Zion, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Scott town. It lies in ZIP code area 53805. It lies near Lightfoot Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Mount Zion quadrangle. It stands 1,181 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1933 USGS Boaz quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Boaz quadrangle1:62500
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mt. Zion quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Richland Center quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
64 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Mount Zion between 1993 and 2019, burning about 226 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 July 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 July 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 June 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 June 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 May 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 May 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.4 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Mount Zion: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excelsior Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Moran Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plugtown | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Harmony Hill | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Rolling Ground | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Bell Center | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Petersburg | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Barnum | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Montgomeryville | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Gays Mills | 7.2 miles | 10 |
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 Mount Zion | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2387275 | 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 1569861. 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.