Rodney, Wisconsin
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Marion town. It lies in ZIP code area 54960. The Survey maps it on the Neshkoro quadrangle. It stands 804 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.
- 1915 USGS Neshkoro quadrangle1:48000
- 1918 USGS Neshkoro quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Neshkoro quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Neshkoro quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wisconsin Dells quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Wisconsin Dells quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
137 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Rodney (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 310 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 18 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 | 65 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SHELDON LTG STRIKE |
| 25 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PARKING FIRE |
| 19 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Rodney (historical): 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disterhaft Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Lake | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Lohrville | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Redgranite | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Bannerman | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Silver Lake | 7.1 miles | 8 | |
| Auroraville | 8.5 miles | 8 | |
| Mount Morris | 9.5 miles | 8 | |
| Wautoma | 10.5 miles | 6 |
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 Rodney (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7356827 | 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 1845700. 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.







