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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.

Old Ashippun within Dodge County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

10,793 words on this township

The 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 2018

Regional 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 burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
18 June 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources29
12 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1923
1 May 2018Debris and open burning4.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1831
8 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20
8 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1817
7 April 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources11
30 April 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1800131
29 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1825

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dodge County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Oakfield Brick PitClayProducer
Fredericks PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Multhauf PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dodge 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
Ashippun0.9 miles18
Sugar Island3.2 miles18
Alderley3.7 miles22
Old Lebanon5.9 miles19
Neosho5.9 miles9
Lebanon6.0 miles9
Saylesville6.7 miles15
Rubicon8.6 miles15

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 AshippunAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7083400The 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.