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Tonyawatha, Wisconsin

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Monona City. It lies in ZIP code area 53716. It stands on Starkweather Creek. The Survey maps it on the Madison East quadrangle.

Tonyawatha within Dane County

On record in Tonyawatha

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 4 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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.

Fires near this place

38 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Tonyawatha between 2018 and 2020, burning about 17 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined24
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources256
28 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1824118
17 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2021851
9 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources242
3 August 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1919678
3 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1818632
29 August 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2020209
24 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2019797

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dane County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Tonyawatha: 5 producers, 3 unknowns, 1 past producer. 5 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
Fess QuarryStoneUnknown
John Hensen QuarryStoneUnknown
Kampmeier QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Milwaukee Street QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Williams QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Blooming Grove PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Engelhart Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Norway Grove Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Yanggen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Monona0.6 miles23
Elmside1.6 miles23
Ethelwyn Park1.8 miles23
South Madison2.7 miles25
Warrens Addition2.9 miles25
Highland Manor3.0 miles23
Preglers Addition3.2 miles25
Madison3.3 miles25

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 Q122544897The 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 1842720. 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.