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West Middleton, Wisconsin

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Middleton town. It lies in ZIP code area 53593. The Survey maps it on the Middleton quadrangle. It stands 1,079 feet above sea level.

West Middleton within Dane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

26 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of West Middleton between 2008 and 2020, burning about 22 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning9
Smoking3
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1
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
29 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19429
24 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources480
14 August 2020Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018928
25 June 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources471
2 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2012493
15 June 2020Smoking1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources305
5 May 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources190
27 May 2008Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dane County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of West Middleton: 6 producers, 2 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Middleton-Watson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Northwestern StoneStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Zander QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Capitol SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Essers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
General Silica Division PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Marty PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Weiland 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
Middleton Junction2.3 miles17
Five Points (historical)3.7 miles17
Riley3.7 miles17
Middleton4.4 miles17
Pine Bluff4.4 miles16
Verona5.2 miles15
Mendota Beach5.4 miles25
Pheasant Branch5.6 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.

Wikipedia article on West MiddletonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7985923The 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 1842754. 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.