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Seminary Springs, Wisconsin

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Burke town. It lies in ZIP code area 53718. The Survey maps it on the Cottage Grove quadrangle. It stands 906 feet above sea level.

Seminary Springs within Dane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 26 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

36 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Seminary Springs between 2013 and 2020, burning about 19 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
17 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2021851
10 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSTATE ROAD 73 DITCH
3 August 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1919678
29 August 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2020209
24 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources203
18 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1225
26 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2017339
24 July 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources175

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 Seminary Springs: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Madison Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mccarthy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kampmeier QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Milwaukee Street QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ziegler QuarryStone, 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
Vilas1.5 miles26
Burke2.4 miles24
Taylors Corners3.0 miles26
Schey Acres3.3 miles26
Cottage Grove3.4 miles26
Hope3.9 miles26
Hoepkers Corners4.3 miles24
Buss's Corners (historical)4.5 miles26

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 Seminary SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22083128The 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 1573898. 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.