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Rutland, Wisconsin

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Rutland town. It lies in ZIP code area 53521. The Survey maps it on the Rutland quadrangle. It stands 945 feet above sea level.

Rutland within Dane County

On record in Rutland

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 5 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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.

Fires near this place

18 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Rutland between 2006 and 2020, burning about 91 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning6
Recreation and ceremony4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources83
14 July 2012Arson/incendiarism26 acresLeopold Wetland Management DistrictBIGLOW RD
5 May 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesTRAILER DRAGGING
3 May 2020Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources55
1 May 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources54
8 April 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesBADFISH
5 April 2006Debris and open burning41 acresLeopold Wetland Management DistrictLUND CONVERSION
22 April 2018Smoking3.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18418

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dane County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Rutland: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Reindahl QuarryStoneUnknown
Union PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Halverson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Liberty Pole QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Reindahl QuarriesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Dane 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Stone2.1 miles19
Oregon3.7 miles20
Pleasant Hill6.3 miles19
Bayview Heights6.4 miles19
Lakeview6.8 miles19
Oak Hall6.8 miles20
Rolling Acres7.1 miles19
Riverwood Estates7.3 miles19

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 RutlandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7383477The 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 1572761. 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.