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Tiffany, Wisconsin

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Turtle town. It lies in ZIP code area 53511. The Survey maps it on the Shopiere quadrangle. It stands 850 feet above sea level.

Tiffany within Rock County

On record in Tiffany

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

3,867 words on this township

History of Rock County, and Transactions of the Rock County Agricultural Society and Mechanics' Institute, published 1856; The History of Rock County, Wisconsin; Its Early Settlement, Growth, Development, Resources, Etc., published 1879 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Turtle Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Turtle Town - 3,867 words.

Fires near this place

11 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Tiffany between 2018 and 2020, burning about 51 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
18 July 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2019-16
22 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2019137
18 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2020-11
22 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1800001
2 May 2018Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources181786
9 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018048
5 March 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18067
30 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources181288

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rock County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Tiffany: 8 producers, 5 past producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Little QuarryStoneProducer
Bjoin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Boutelle QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dunn QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dunn Trucking & Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Little QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bradford Township PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lathers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Poff PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rye PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Rock County

Storms near this place

4 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tiffany in 4 storm reports between 2020 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2026Tornado (EF1)Tiffany$408,000Brief tornado that caused damage near Maple Lane southeast of Janesville. Storm chaser video confirmed a brief tornado in this area. More widespread damage occurred west and east of this track due to downburst winds.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindTiffany$3,000Dispatch center reports multiple trees and power lines down in La Prairie township.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindTiffany$500A tree down on a road.
August 2021Tornado (EF0)Tiffany-Brief tornado spotted by Clinton Fire Department and a storm chaser. Tornado started west of Clinton, crossed I-43 and ended by Hwy 140 north of Clinton. Minor tree damage was noted along with some crop markings.

Every storm recorded in Rock 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
Shopiere0.9 miles18
Turtleville2.1 miles18
Clinton3.7 miles16
Porters4.1 miles18
Avalon4.7 miles17
Foxhollow4.8 miles18
Emerald Grove5.6 miles18
Garden Village5.7 miles16

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 TiffanyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7801180The 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 1575441. 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.