Stone, 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 53575. It stands on Oregon Branch. The Survey maps it on the Evansville quadrangle. It stands 915 feet above sea level.
On record in Stone
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 within a mile 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Samuel Hunt Houselisted 1982 · 0.4 miles away
Sereno W. Graves Houselisted 1982 · 0.8 miles away
Lockwood Barnlisted 1982 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1889 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1906 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Stone between 2006 and 2020, burning about 98 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 burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 83 |
| 14 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 26 acres | Leopold Wetland Management District | BIGLOW RD |
| 13 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 190 |
| 5 May 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TRAILER DRAGGING |
| 3 May 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 55 |
| 1 May 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 54 |
| 8 April 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BADFISH |
| 5 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 41 acres | Leopold Wetland Management District | LUND CONVERSION |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Stone: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halverson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hawkinson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Knutson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Reindahl Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Rock County Highway Department | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Union Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stone in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 2010 | Flash Flood | Stone | $100,000 | Training thunderstorms produced 2.5 to 4.5 inches of rain in about two hours over mainly the northern half of the county. Street flooding stranded cars in Sun Prairie, various locations in the city of Madison, Oregon, Middleton and DeForest. Three to four feet of water covered the intersection of Commercial Avenue and Ckronke Road in Sun Prairie, stalling cars and filling some home basements and commercial buildings with water, that damaged contents. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Stone | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rutland | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Rolling Acres | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Oregon | 5.3 miles | 20 | |
| Dunkirk | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Riverwood Estates | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Stoughton | 5.7 miles | 19 | |
| Bayview Heights | 5.8 miles | 19 |
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 Stone | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7618826 | 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 1577840. 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.









