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Woodstock, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Henrietta town. It lies in ZIP code area 53581. It lies near Tar Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Gillingham quadrangle.

Woodstock within Richland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

63 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Woodstock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 126 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning30
Equipment and vehicle use12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
30 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesFRED2
19 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesFRED1
11 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHAYBINE
9 July 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesDITCH 1
9 July 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesDITCH 2
16 July 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesKABOTA
15 July 2002Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 June 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Woodstock: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Mcglynn QuarryStoneUnknown
Brown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Johnson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

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
Bloom City2.5 miles12
Henrietta (historical)3.0 miles11
Gillingham3.3 miles12
Rockbridge3.7 miles12
Hub City3.8 miles12
Yuba4.6 miles11
Buck Creek5.0 miles12
McGrew (historical)6.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1577037. 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.