New Diggings, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in New Diggings town. It lies in ZIP code area 53586. It stands on Diggins Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Diggings quadrangle. It stands 787 feet above sea level.
On record in New Diggings
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 1 record
St. Augustine Churchlisted 1972
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1902 USGS Mineral Point quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1952 USGS New Diggings quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Dubuque North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
12,581 words on this townshipHistory of Lafayette County, Wisconsin, Containing an Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources; an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities, Towns and Villages ... Its War Record, Biographical Sketches ... the Whole Preceded by a History of Wisconsin, Statistics of the State, and an Abstract of Its Laws and Constitution, and of 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 New Diggings Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on New Diggings Town - 12,581 words.
Fires near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of New Diggings in 2018, burning about 5 acres 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018006 |
| 11 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 4 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 302 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 302 workings within 5 miles of New Diggings: 170 past producers, 117 unknowns, 7 prospects, 5 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bell Prospect | Zinc, Iron, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Etna Mine | Lead, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Schullsburg Mine | Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite, Iron | Producer | Barite, Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Southcott Prospect | Iron, Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Birbeck Prospect | Iron, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Birkbeck Mine | Iron, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Farrey Mine | Iron, Zinc | Past Producer | 1940 | |
| Doc Schampers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Eagle-Picher Ind Shullsburg Tailing | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Eagle-Pitcher Ind. Shullsburg Mill | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Etna | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Strawbridge | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Lead Mine | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| White Oak | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Benton | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Shullsburg | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Jenkinsville | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Meekers Grove | 7.8 miles | 13 |
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 New Diggings | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7006974 | 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 1570209. 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.






