Sinsinawa, Wisconsin
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Hazel Green town. It lies in ZIP code area 53811. It stands on Sinsinawa Mound. The Survey maps it on the Kieler quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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
- 1961 USGS Kieler quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Dubuque North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Sinsinawa between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 May 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 191476 |
| 16 March 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 31938 |
| 29 October 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Savanna District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge | ISLAND228 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Sinsinawa: 6 past producers, 2 producers, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Lead, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fairplay Level | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | Galena | |
| Fairplay Level | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | Galena | |
| Fairplay Level Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Big Tom Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Bob Richards Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| E. G. Weinen & Sons Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Graham Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Klar Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Wubben Property | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sinsinawa in 8 storm reports between 2005 and 2014: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 heavy rain, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sinsinawa | $25,000 | Power lines were down across much of the southern end of the county. |
| July 2011 | Lightning | Sinsinawa | $5,000 | Lightning struck a house causing a small fire. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sinsinawa | $2,500 | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sinsinawa | $400 | Trees were blown down in a rural area. |
| June 2014 | Heavy Rain | Sinsinawa | - | Near Sinsinawa, 3.78 inches of rain fell. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Sinsinawa | - | Quarter size hail fell in Sinsinawa. |
| July 2011 | Heavy Rain | Sinsinawa | - | The COOP observer at the Sinsinawa Mound Complex measured a total of 10.11 inches of rain ending at 6:00 a.m. |
| January 2008 | Hail | Sinsinawa | - | A Postal Service employee reported driving through a lot of hail, some of which was up to the size of pennies. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Corners | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Fair Play | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Louisburg | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Sandy Hook | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Jamestown | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Kieler | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Rutledge | 5.4 miles | 19 | |
| Hazel Green | 5.6 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1574195. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








