Randolph, Wisconsin

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It lies in ZIP code area 53956. The Survey maps it on the Randolph quadrangle. 1,796 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 978 feet above sea level.

Randolph within Columbia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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.

1955 USGS Randolph quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Randolph quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Wisconsin Dells quadrangle1:100000
1990 USGS Wisconsin Dells quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

71 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Randolph between 1992 and 2020, burning about 434 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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	30
Equipment and vehicle use	18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11
Arson/incendiarism	6
Railroad operations and maintenance	4
Other causes	1
Recreation and ceremony	1

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
5 July 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	1.4 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	DG BOBCAT
19 July 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
6 June 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	HWY CD
24 June 1995	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
14 June 2006	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
6 May 1992	Equipment and vehicle use	2.5 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
6 May 1992	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
5 May 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia 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 Randolph: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	J Madigan Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Columbia 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Friesland	4.7 miles	10
East Friesland	4.8 miles	10
Cambria	5.3 miles	10
Englewood	8.4 miles	9
Ingle	8.7 miles	10
Doylestown	10.8 miles	9
Fall River	10.9 miles	9
Otsego	12.7 miles	9

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 Randolph	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q927868	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 1572065. 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.