Arcade Acres, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Ripon town. It lies in ZIP code area 54971. It lies near Arcade Glen. The Survey maps it on the Ripon quadrangle.
On record in Arcade Acres
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Little White Schoolhouselisted 2024 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1916 USGS Ripon quadrangle1:48000
- 1918 USGS Ripon quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Ripon quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Fond Du Lac quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Ripon quadrangle1:24000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Ripon town. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Scraps Of War History
The first man to shed Wisconsin blood on a Southern battlefield in the rebellion, was Lieut. William A. Matthews, of Company G, First Wisconsin Volunteers, who was severely wounded at the battle of Falling Waters, in July, 1861, in Virginia. He enlisted at Fond du Lac, his home. The last Wisconsin blood shed was at the capture of Jeff Davis, in Irwin County, Ga., May 10, 1865, when several men were wounded by volleys fired by a detachment of the Fourth Michigan Cavalry upon a detachment of the First Wisconsin Cavalry.
In the county-history sources
38,693 words on this townshipThe History of Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin, published 1880; Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin, Past and Present, published 1912 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Ripon Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Ripon Town - 38,693 words.
Fires near this place
47 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Arcade Acres between 1993 and 2020, burning about 83 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SUNNYSIDE COMBINE |
| 26 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | GREEN LAKE COUNTY F |
| 2 July 2010 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SECOND TIME FIRE |
| 15 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 July 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Arcade Acres: 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nellis Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ferris Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Nowaske Gettleman & Broder Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| R & R Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ripon | 2.2 miles | 10 | |
| Wilmoore Heights | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Fairwater | 7.9 miles | 8 | |
| Rosendale Center | 8.0 miles | 9 | |
| West Rosendale | 8.1 miles | 9 | |
| Brandon | 9.7 miles | 8 | |
| Rosendale | 11.0 miles | 9 | |
| Alto | 13.2 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1560924. 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.






