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Old Deerfield, Wisconsin

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Deerfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 53531. The Survey maps it on the Deerfield quadrangle. It stands 876 feet above sea level.

Old Deerfield within Dane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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.

Fires near this place

57 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Old Deerfield between 2003 and 2020, burning about 205 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
6 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 September 2018Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources239
10 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 July 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19092
27 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19079
3 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dane County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Old Deerfield: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
L. Kelly QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Dane 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
Deerfield2.1 miles23
London4.1 miles23
Nora5.3 miles26
Pierceville5.5 miles26
Hoffman Corners5.8 miles26
Marshall5.9 miles24
Taylors Corners6.6 miles26
Cottage Grove6.6 miles26

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 DeerfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7083837The 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 1842597. 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.