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Wild Rose, 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 stands on Wild Rose Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Boaz quadrangle. It stands 1,155 feet above sea level.

Wild Rose within Richland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 10 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

66 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Wild Rose between 1992 and 2019, burning about 162 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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
Debris and open burning34
Equipment and vehicle use15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Natural1
Fireworks1

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
24 August 2003Debris and open burning4.4 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesBASSWOOD ROAD
8 June 1999Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 June 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 May 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesCO E.
10 May 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 April 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesGOLDEN LANE
9 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.3 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesWINTER LANE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Wild Rose: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Akan Township QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dosch QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Excelsior QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Shannon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Richland 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
Five Points2.4 miles10
Tavera3.4 miles10
Excelsior3.5 miles10
Boaz4.3 miles10
Basswood4.7 miles12
Byrds Creek4.9 miles10
Jimtown5.5 miles10
Port Andrew5.6 miles10

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 Wild RoseAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8000781The 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 1577886. 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.