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Abells Corners, Wisconsin

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Lafayette town. It lies in ZIP code area 53121. The Survey maps it on the Elkhorn quadrangle.

Abells Corners within Walworth County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

13,062 words on this township

History of Walworth County, Wisconsin, Containing an Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources...its War Record, Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Prominent Men and Early Settlers; the Whole Preceded by a History of Wisconsin...and an Abstract of Its Laws and Constitution.., published 1882; History of Walworth County, Wisconsin .., published 1912 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Lafayette Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Lafayette Town - 13,062 words.

Fires near this place

24 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Abells Corners between 2018 and 2020, burning about 51 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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/undetermined12
Debris and open burning9
Natural1
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
21 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources336
8 July 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources281
15 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources241
14 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources239
1 June 2019Natural1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1906001
9 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19012
8 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources153
7 April 2018Debris and open burning10 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources137

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walworth County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Abells Corners: 4 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Own CrewsStoneUnknown
Ames PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Home PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jolliffe PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Mawhinney PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Paddock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Potter PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Walworth 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
Tibbets2.1 miles19
Lauderdale2.8 miles32
Elkhorn3.7 miles19
Mayhews (historical)3.8 miles24
Lauderdale Shores3.9 miles32
Millard4.2 miles19
Adams5.2 miles32
Bowers5.7 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1560665. 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.