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Allenton, Wisconsin

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Addison town. It lies in ZIP code area 53002. It stands on Limestone Creek. The Survey maps it on the Allenton quadrangle.

Allenton within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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.

Fires near this place

14 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Allenton between 2017 and 2020, burning about 14 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/undetermined10
Debris and open burning3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
22 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources130
9 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources111
18 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801057
18 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801058
17 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801055
7 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources92
28 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources102
21 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1601044

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington 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 Allenton: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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
Cedar Lake Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
West Bend Sand & Stone Schelle PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

10 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Allenton in 10 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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
May 2000Thunderstorm WindAllenton$100,000no account filed
November 2013Thunderstorm WindAllenton$25,000A squall line produced an estimated 100 mph downburst just northeast of Allenton. A 10 x 12 foot section of roof decking was torn off a home. A 20 x 20 foot section of shingles were removed from a home along with damage to the chimney. 18 healthy trees in a one mile stretch were blown down in the same direction.
October 2013Thunderstorm WindAllenton-Strong downburst winds from a supercell thunderstorm.
September 2022HailAllenton-no account filed
September 2021HailAllenton-no account filed
April 2020HailAllenton-no account filed
October 2020HailAllenton-no account filed
July 2004Funnel CloudAllenton-no account filed
July 2001HailAllenton-no account filed
June 2000Tornado (F0)Allenton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Saint Anthony1.5 miles14
Addison1.8 miles14
Aurora2.1 miles14
Nenno3.2 miles15
Saint Lawrence3.5 miles15
Kohlsville3.6 miles14
Nabob3.7 miles14
Cedar Lake5.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1560781. 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.