Old Ashippun, Wisconsin
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Ashippun town. It lies in ZIP code area 53066. It stands on Davy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ixonia quadrangle. It stands 879 feet above sea level.
On record in Old Ashippun
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Meissner Storelisted 2024 · 0.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1892 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Ixonia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Oconomowoc quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Oconomowoc quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
10,793 words on this townshipThe History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, Containing ... Its Early Settlement, Growth ... an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities ... War Record, Biographical Sketches, published 1880; The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, Containing a History of Dodge County, Its Early Settlement, Growth, Development, Resources, Etc, published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Ashippun Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Ashippun Town - 10,793 words.
Fires near this place
15 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Old Ashippun between 2018 and 2020, burning about 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 June 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 29 |
| 12 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1923 |
| 1 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1831 |
| 8 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20 |
| 8 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1817 |
| 7 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 11 |
| 30 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1800131 |
| 29 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1825 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Old Ashippun: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakfield Brick Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Fredericks Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Multhauf Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashippun | 0.9 miles | 18 | |
| Sugar Island | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Alderley | 3.7 miles | 22 | |
| Old Lebanon | 5.9 miles | 19 | |
| Neosho | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Lebanon | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Saylesville | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Rubicon | 8.6 miles | 15 |
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 Old Ashippun | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7083400 | 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 1570768. 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.







