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Taylors Corners, Wisconsin

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Cottage Grove Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53527. The Survey maps it on the Cottage Grove quadrangle.

Taylors Corners within Dane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 26 printed sheets

Matched 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.

In the county-history sources

7,102 words on this township

History of Dane County, Wisconsin ... Preceded by a History of Wisconsin, Statistics of the State, and an Abstract of Its Laws and Constitution and of the Constitution of the United States, published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Cottage Grove Village covers the township.

Read the chapter on Cottage Grove Village - 7,102 words.

Fires near this place

26 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Taylors Corners between 2013 and 2020, burning about 34 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
28 September 2018Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources239
10 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSTATE ROAD 73 DITCH
3 August 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1919678
24 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources203
18 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1225
24 July 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources175
23 June 2020Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2014375
2 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources107

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dane County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Taylors Corners: 5 producers. All of them 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Madison Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mccarthy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kampmeier QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Milwaukee Street QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ziegler QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Dane County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Cottage Grove0.7 miles26
Vilas1.9 miles26
Seminary Springs3.0 miles26
Hope3.5 miles26
Schey Acres3.7 miles26
Door Creek4.0 miles26
Pierceville4.2 miles26
Nora4.7 miles26

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.

Wikidata item Q122570218The 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 1842716. 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.