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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.

New Diggings within Lafayette County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

In the county-history sources

12,581 words on this township

History 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 2018

Regional 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/undetermined2

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
24 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018006
11 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources4

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lafayette County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 302 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bell ProspectZinc, Iron, LeadOccurrence
Etna MineLead, IronPast Producer
Schullsburg MineZinc, Lead, Barium-Barite, IronProducerBarite, Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Southcott ProspectIron, Lead, ZincProspect
Birbeck ProspectIron, ZincProspect
Birkbeck MineIron, ZincPast Producer
Farrey MineIron, ZincPast Producer1940
Doc Schampers QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Eagle-Picher Ind Shullsburg TailingStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Eagle-Pitcher Ind. Shullsburg MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lafayette 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
Etna2.1 miles12
Strawbridge2.3 miles14
Lead Mine2.5 miles12
White Oak3.3 miles12
Benton3.4 miles14
Shullsburg6.1 miles13
Jenkinsville7.1 miles13
Meekers Grove7.8 miles13

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 DiggingsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7006974The 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.