BlockRed Rock, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Darlington town. It lies in ZIP code area 53530. It stands on Thunder Branch. The Survey maps it on the Darlington quadrangle. It stands 817 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1902 USGS Mineral Point quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Darlington quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Dubuque North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Red Rock between 2018 and 2020, burning about 24 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18032 |
| 27 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 427181 |
| 24 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18026 |
| 23 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18024 |
| 21 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20019 |
| 19 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2019009 |
| 3 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20062 |
| 15 November 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18086 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Red Rock: 4 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opie Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Scott Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Copper Prospect Along Ame | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Copper Prospect Along Ame | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Along Copper Cre | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Along Copper Cre | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Appell Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Carey Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lancaster Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Munson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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.
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 Red Rock | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7304898 | 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 1577789. 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.