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Alderley, Wisconsin

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Ashippun town. It lies in ZIP code area 53066. The Survey maps it on the Stonebank quadrangle.

Alderley within Dodge County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 22 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

10,793 words on this township

The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, Containing ... Its Early Settlement, Growth ... an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities ... War Record, Biographical Sketches, published 1880; The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, Containing a History of Dodge County, Its Early Settlement, Growth, Development, Resources, Etc, published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Ashippun Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Ashippun Town - 10,793 words.

Fires near this place

14 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Alderley between 2018 and 2020, burning about 111 acres in total. None 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/undetermined7
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
1 May 2018Debris and open burning4.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1831
8 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1817
30 April 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1800131
29 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1800125
29 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1825
24 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20
24 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1822
11 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2013

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dodge County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Alderley: 1 past producer. None of them 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Multhauf PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dodge County

Storms near this place

6 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alderley in 6 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 2008Flash FloodAlderley$462,000Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding across much of southeastern Dodge County. Water depths on road surfaces reached 3 feet or more and there were gravel washouts. Some farm fields remained flooded into early July. The breakdown for residential home losses was: 8 with minor damage (total of $200 thousand for home losses). The breakdown for business losses was: 1 with minor damage (total of $78 thousand). Crop losses were estimated at 8 million. Public sector damage was about $184 thousand. There were several roads and bridges that sustained damage.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindAlderley$1,000Several branches 8 to 10 inches in diameter down.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindAlderley-Law enforcement officials reported trees downed from damaging severe thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 56 knots (65 mph).
May 2025HailAlderley-no account filed
May 2001HailAlderley-no account filed
August 1995HailAlderley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dodge 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
Ashippun3.5 miles18
Old Ashippun3.7 miles18
Saylesville5.7 miles15
Sugar Island6.9 miles18
Neosho7.4 miles9
Rubicon8.5 miles15
Old Lebanon9.6 miles19
Lebanon9.7 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1560746. 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.