BlockShady Dell, Wisconsin
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Mount Hope town. It lies in ZIP code area 53816. The Survey maps it on the Mount Hope quadrangle. It stands 978 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1900 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:125000
- 1908 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mount Hope quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Dubuque North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Shady Dell between 2001 and 2018, burning about 62 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 805182 |
| 1 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | IRISH RIDGE |
| 11 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 43 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 December 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 December 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 December 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 December 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 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
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Shady Dell: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kruel Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Werley Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ida | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Hope | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Werley | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Fennimore | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| Bloomington | 8.7 miles | 16 | |
| Lancaster | 8.8 miles | 15 | |
| Millville | 9.0 miles | 10 | |
| Woodman | 9.1 miles | 10 |
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 Shady Dell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7460890 | 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 1577819. 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.