Quincy, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Quincy town. It lies in ZIP code area 53934. The Survey maps it on the Dellwood quadrangle. 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
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Adams quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Dellwood quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wisconsin Dells quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Wisconsin Dells quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
169 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Quincy (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 218 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 8 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 burning | 60 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Other causes | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PANCAKE FIRE |
| 5 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | OAK |
| 1 September 2000 | Other causes | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | WIGWAM |
| 8 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | OUTHOUSE FIRE |
| 22 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BEACH |
| 21 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Creek | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Brookside | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Dellwood | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Easton | 8.4 miles | 10 | |
| Adams Center (historical) | 8.9 miles | 10 | |
| Adams | 9.2 miles | 10 | |
| Friendship | 9.8 miles | 10 | |
| Arkdale | 11.0 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1837599. 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.





