Tavera, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Richwood town. It lies in ZIP code area 53518. It lies near Beebe Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Mount Zion quadrangle. It stands 705 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1933 USGS Boaz quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Boaz quadrangle1:62500
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mt. Zion quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Richland Center quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
63 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Tavera between 1992 and 2019, burning about 226 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | 4.4 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | GOLDEN LANE |
| 9 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.3 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | WINTER LANE |
| 6 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CIRCLE DR. |
| 6 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CON FOUND IT FIRE |
| 6 April 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.4 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | GRAHAM HOLLOW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Tavera: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akan Township Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Dosch Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Excelsior 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Excelsior | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Wild Rose | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Five Points | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Jimtown | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Westport | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Sand Prairie | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Port Andrew | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Byrds Creek | 6.8 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 Tavera | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7689056 | 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 1577851. 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.







