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Allens Grove, Wisconsin

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Sharon town. It lies in ZIP code area 53114. The Survey maps it on the Clinton quadrangle.

Allens Grove within Walworth County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

33,870 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 Sharon Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Sharon Town - 33,870 words.

Fires near this place

11 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Allens Grove between 2018 and 2019, burning about 11 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
Debris and open burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
17 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources191
4 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources117
30 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources135
3 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19126
29 April 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources134
24 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources130
30 March 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources97
30 March 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources98

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walworth County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Allens Grove: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Braukoff QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ames PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Koehl PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Schutt PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Darien3.3 miles19
Fairfield3.7 miles17
Pioneer Estates4.7 miles19
Sharon5.7 miles19
Delavan Lake6.9 miles19
Delavan7.3 miles19
Walworth9.3 miles19
Richmond9.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1560780. 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.