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Albion, Wisconsin

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Albion town. It lies in ZIP code area 53534. The Survey maps it on the Rockdale quadrangle.

Albion within Dane County

On record in Albion

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

17,674 words on this township

History of Dane County, Wisconsin ... Preceded by a History of Wisconsin, Statistics of the State, and an Abstract of Its Laws and Constitution and of the Constitution of the United States, published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Albion Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Albion Town - 17,674 words.

Fires near this place

26 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Albion between 2013 and 2020, burning about 31 acres in total. None 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 burning11
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
26 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources201056
5 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1808574
11 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19738
7 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1806391
2 June 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20561
15 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19509
9 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20504
8 May 2018Debris and open burning10 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018051

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dane 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 Albion: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Kaupanger-Ramsey QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Wolf Construction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dane County

Storms near this place

24 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Albion in 24 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 12 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1998LightningAlbion$100,000no account filed
April 2026Thunderstorm WindAlbion$50,000A 100 year old barn collapsed.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindAlbion$50,000A grain bin was destroyed and and several large trees were uprooted.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindAlbion$5,000Forty foot shed lifted and thrown into adjacent field.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindAlbion$2,000Trees down. One large tree fell on a home's roof, resulting in minor damage.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindAlbion-Tree fell through roof of a home.
April 2025HailAlbion-Tennis ball sized hail.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindAlbion-Branches down.
August 2017Heavy RainAlbion-Up to 3 feet of water on the off ramp of I-90 and highway 73.
June 2008Flash FloodAlbion-Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding as water reached depths of 3 feet or more and several cars stalled. This was the 2nd of 6 flash floods in Dane County on 3 different days. The first one occurred on June 7th, the next two on June 8th, and the last three on June 12th. In all six cases, damage to homes, businesses, and crops was noted. It was nearly impossible to break down the damages by flash flood event. Therefore, the collective breakdown is provided in the last June 12th flash flood StormData entry for Dane County.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindAlbion-A utility pole fell on a house.
April 2025HailAlbion-no account filed
July 2022HailAlbion-no account filed
July 2022HailAlbion-no account filed
July 2022HailAlbion-no account filed
June 2017HailAlbion-no account filed
September 2016HailAlbion-no account filed
June 2010HailAlbion-no account filed
March 2007HailAlbion-no account filed
August 2006HailAlbion-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindAlbion-no account filed
May 2005HailAlbion-no account filed
May 2004HailAlbion-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindAlbion-no account filed

Every storm 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
Edgerton Beach Park2.7 miles18
Hickory Hills2.8 miles18
Highwood2.9 miles18
Indian Heights3.3 miles18
Hillside4.1 miles18
Hanerville (historical)4.9 miles19
Utica6.6 miles18
Rockdale6.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1560730. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.