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Pierceville, Wisconsin

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Sun Prairie town. It lies in ZIP code area 53527. The Survey maps it on the Sun Prairie quadrangle. It stands 958 feet above sea level.

Pierceville within Dane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 26 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

23 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Pierceville between 2013 and 2020, burning about 10 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning7
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
10 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSTATE ROAD 73 DITCH
24 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources203
8 July 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19092
24 July 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources175
9 May 2020Smoking1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources691
21 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources759
15 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources732
9 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources66

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dane County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Pierceville: 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, 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
Bird Street QuarryStoneUnknown
John Hensen QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Madison Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mccarthy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Drovers Woods2.6 miles26
Schey Acres2.7 miles26
City View Heights3.4 miles26
Buss's Corners (historical)3.6 miles26
Burgess Corners3.6 miles26
Deansville4.1 miles24
Taylors Corners4.2 miles26
Sun Prairie4.6 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 PiercevilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7191852The 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 1571357. 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.