BlockAtwater, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Chester town. It lies in ZIP code area 53922. The Survey maps it on the Waupun South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1955 USGS Waupun quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Waupun SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Fond Du Lac quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Waupun South quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
14,902 words on this townshipThe History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, Containing ... Its Early Settlement, Growth ... an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities ... War Record, Biographical Sketches, published 1880 names this settlement in its chapter on Chester Town. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
SPK\CER J. MATTOOX, farmer, Sec. 6 ; P. O. Waupun ; came to Wisconsin in September, 1844, from Portage Co., Ohio, and settled in the town of Chester on the farm he now owns, which consists of 210 acres, valued at about ยง10,000; has been Town Treasurer two years. Supervisor one year, and S;hool Director for the past six years; wa.s born Feb. 17, 1821, in Atwater, Portage Co.. Ohio, and was the son of Caleb and Betsey ^lattoon, from Connecticut. July 16, 1846, married Sophia Knapp, who was born Nov. 2, 1826, in the State of New York : daughter of David and Flavia Knapp ; Mr. Mattoon has had six children, of whom four are still living - Vincy, born Aug. 21, 1847, and died Sept. 1, 1848; Adelia and Amelia, born June 12, 1849, were the first twins born in Dodge Co,, and both married the same man, John Nickerson ; Adelia married Feb. 22, 1872, and died June 9, 1873, and Amelia was married July 1, 1874; Edsar D., born Sept. 9, 1853; Helen Y., May 10, 1868, and Levi S., Dee. 7, 18(!1.
Passage source: 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.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Chester Town - it names this place 3 more 3 times.
Fires near this place
38 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Atwater between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,586 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 were 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/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Horicon National Wildlife Refuge | GATE WF |
| 14 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Horicon National Wildlife Refuge | BURNETT WF |
| 29 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | F180990 |
| 19 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Horicon National Wildlife Refuge | MARRE WF |
| 18 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Horicon National Wildlife Refuge | PEACHY NORTH WF |
| 7 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 42 acres | Horicon National Wildlife Refuge | DEERE WF |
| 23 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Horicon National Wildlife Refuge | NEITZEL WF |
| 22 July 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.4 acres | Horicon National Wildlife Refuge | PEACHY RD. WF |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Atwater in 1 storm report in 2005: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atwater | $1,000 | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnett | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| East Waupun | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Buckhorn Corner | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Rolling Prairie | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Beaver Edge | 7.5 miles | 11 | |
| Minnesota Junction | 7.7 miles | 10 | |
| Sunset Beach | 8.1 miles | 8 | |
| Beaver Dam | 9.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1577499. 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.
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.