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Pheasant Branch, Wisconsin

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Middleton City. It lies in ZIP code area 53562. It stands on Pheasant Branch. The Survey maps it on the Madison West quadrangle.

Pheasant Branch within Dane County

On record in Pheasant Branch

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

10 surveys from 25 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

20 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Pheasant Branch between 2018 and 2020, burning about 7 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined13
Smoking3
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
14 August 2020Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018928
6 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources342
2 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2012493
15 June 2020Smoking1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources305
14 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources304
5 May 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources190
25 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources215
16 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1811527

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dane County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Pheasant Branch: 6 producers, 2 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Middleton-Watson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Northwestern StoneStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Zeigler QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Blooming Grove PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Essers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Westport PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Yahara Materials Company Kipley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ziegler PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dane County

Storms near this place

7 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pheasant Branch in 7 storm reports between 2017 and 2026: 5 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2019Thunderstorm WindPheasant Branch$6,000The top half of a mature Maple tree was snapped off and landed on a garage. Many branches down in the nearby area.
April 2026FloodPheasant Branch$1,000A creek overflowing and some yard and basement flooding.
April 2026HailPheasant Branch-Trained spotter reports near Middleton.
April 2026HailPheasant Branch-Trained spotter reports 2.00 inch diameter hail northeast of Middleton.
April 2026HailPheasant Branch-Public report of 1.75 inch diameter hail in Middleton. Time confirmed via radar data.
September 2021HailPheasant Branch-no account filed
March 2017HailPheasant Branch-no account filed

Every storm 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
Middleton1.2 miles17
Mendota Beach1.3 miles25
Shorewood Hills2.7 miles25
College Hills3.0 miles25
Ashton Corners3.2 miles15
Pilgrim Village3.6 miles25
Middleton Junction3.8 miles17
Ashton3.9 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.

Wikidata item Q122567866The 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 1571286. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.