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Schultz, Wisconsin

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Washington town. It lies in ZIP code area 53570. The Survey maps it on the Monticello quadrangle. It stands 974 feet above sea level.

Schultz within Green County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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.

In the county-history sources

12,189 words on this township

History of Green County, Wisconsin, published 1877; History of Green County, Wisconsin, published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Washington Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Washington Town - 12,189 words.

Fires near this place

10 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Schultz between 2009 and 2020, burning about 629 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 burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
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
5 May 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources3387
21 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources90
15 May 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources98
27 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources3380
19 April 2020Debris and open burning2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources3668
18 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources3667
12 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined617 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesCOLD SPRINGS FIRE
1 April 2020Debris and open burning4.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources3661

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Green County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Schultz: 6 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Chesebro QuarryStoneUnknown
Buckskin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cheseboro QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Haldeman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
P.W. Ryan Sons, Inc.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rufer-Graber QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Updike QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
WaelchliStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wirth QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Green 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
Stearns2.3 miles15
Monticello3.9 miles15
Monroe6.4 miles14
Mineral Point (historical)7.4 miles17
Monroe Estates7.6 miles14
Exeter7.8 miles14
Attica8.5 miles18
Juda8.6 miles15

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 SchultzAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7432984The 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 1577816. 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.