Adams, Wisconsin

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Troy town. It lies in ZIP code area 53120. The Survey maps it on the Little Prairie quadrangle. It stands 899 feet above sea level.

Adams within Walworth County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 32 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.

1892 USGS Whitewater quadrangle1:62500
1893 USGS Whitewater quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
1903 USGS Whitewater quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
1924 USGS Whitewater quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1960 USGS Little Prairie quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Whitewater quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Lake Geneva quadrangle1:100000

In the county-history sources

14,241 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 names this settlement in its chapter on Troy Town. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The women remained at Mr. Godfrey's foiu- days, while the men went to Honey Creek, a distance of twelve miles, to select their sites upon which to build, and blaze the trees as a guide to the selected location. The entire party reached the place of their destination May 27, 1836.

Passage source: 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.

The lii-st religious services were held at about the time the log schoolhouse was built, by Rev. James Flanders and Rev. James Delaney. The latter, now a resident of Whitewater, was then living in East Troy.

F. A. BENNETT, farmer. Section 20, Troy; P. O. Adams; one of the prominent farmers of Walworth, was born at New Berlin, Waukesha Co., Wis., Augiist 2, 1847; received a common-school education and was brought up a farmer. In 1872, his father gave him 160 acres of land, located on Section 20, Troy, since which time he has been farming the same. He now has tine buildings and other good improvements, so that his land is valued at $45 per acre. He was married, October 15, 1873, to Miss Celia S. Kling, daughter of J. R. and Emily (Bliss) Kling, aud have one child - Blanche. In politics, he is a Republican, with temperance principles.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Troy Town - it names this place 6 more 6 times.

Fires near this place

28 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Adams between 2010 and 2020, burning about 98 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 burning	10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9
Arson/incendiarism	7
Recreation and ceremony	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
11 August 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	MCMILLER RANGE FIRE
9 April 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	19012
8 April 2018	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	201816
7 April 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.6 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	MCMILLER RANGE
6 April 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	19011
30 April 2018	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	18028
30 April 2018	Arson/incendiarism	4.4 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	BLUFF ROAD 1
30 April 2018	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	BLUFF ROAD 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walworth County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Adams: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Nelson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
	Paddock Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Lauderdale Shores	2.0 miles	32
Little Prairie	2.7 miles	32
Lauderdale	2.7 miles	32
Mayhews (historical)	3.4 miles	24
Troy Center	3.6 miles	24
La Grange	3.7 miles	32
Troy	4.9 miles	24
Abells Corners	5.2 miles	19

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 Adams	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14714405	The 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 1560680. 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.