BlockStrawbridge, Wisconsin
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Benton town. It lies in ZIP code area 53811. It stands on Diggins Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cuba City quadrangle. It stands 738 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1902 USGS Mineral Point quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1952 USGS Cuba City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 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 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Strawbridge between 2018 and 2020, burning about 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018006 |
| 15 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 201804 |
| 8 October 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20109 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 295 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 295 workings within 5 miles of Strawbridge: 174 past producers, 105 unknowns, 8 occurrences, 7 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bell Prospect | Zinc, Iron, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Etna Mine | Lead, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Southcott Prospect | Iron, Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Birbeck Prospect | Iron, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Birkbeck Mine | Iron, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Farrey Mine | Iron, Zinc | Past Producer | 1940 | |
| Doc Schampers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Diggings | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Benton | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Lead Mine | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Etna | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| White Oak | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Jenkinsville | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Meekers Grove | 7.8 miles | 13 | |
| Shullsburg | 8.3 miles | 13 |
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 Strawbridge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7622531 | 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 1577841. 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.