BlockPrimrose, Wisconsin
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Primrose town. It lies in ZIP code area 53508. It lies near Mount Pleasant. The Survey maps it on the Mount Vernon quadrangle. It stands 1,007 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1923 USGS New Glarus quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Mt. Vernon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS New Glarus quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Primrose (historical) between 2004 and 2020, burning about 80 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 | 10 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2006597 |
| 7 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18-1226 |
| 16 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1803318 |
| 4 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18-0792 |
| 28 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1904468 |
| 21 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1904471 |
| 21 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1803310 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Primrose (historical): 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haag Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hustad Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Vernon | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Montrose (historical) | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Forward (historical) | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Belleville | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Paoli | 7.6 miles | 15 | |
| Basco | 7.9 miles | 15 | |
| Daleyville | 8.1 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Horeb | 8.4 miles | 16 |
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 Primrose (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7243659 | 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 1577779. 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.