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Bohners Lake, Wisconsin

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Burlington town. It lies in ZIP code area 53105. The Survey maps it on the Genoa City quadrangle.

Bohners Lake within Racine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

23,491 words on this township

Official Record of the Old Settlers Society of Racine County, Wisconsin : with the Historical Address of Charles E. Dyer, Delivered at Burlington, Wis., February 22, 1871, published 1871; The History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin .., published 1879 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Burlington Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Burlington Town - 23,491 words.

Fires near this place

24 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Bohners Lake between 2018 and 2020, burning about 51 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 burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources164
1 August 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources191
9 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources717
1 June 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources517
4 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources97
30 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources667
7 April 2018Debris and open burning20 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources75
30 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources128

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Racine County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Bohners Lake: 3 past producers, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Limestone Quarry #3Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pit Number 3Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Burlington PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
J W Peters and Sons Inc Pit No 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Payne and Dolan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Racine County

Storms near this place

10 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bohners Lake in 10 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 5 hail, 4 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
May 2014Thunderstorm WindBohners Lake$30,000A concentrated area of large trees down on and near to Mc Henry Drive. Many of the large trees were rotted or had shallow roots. Trees landed on an above ground swimming pool, a chain link fence, a pickup truck, and a roof of a home. A barn was also damaged by the high winds.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindBohners Lake$7,000Several large trees down. A shed, barn, and playset damaged just to the north.
May 2014Flash FloodBohners Lake-A strong current of water and mud flowed from a farm field onto Schaal Road. Afterward, the highway department removed five truck loads of mud.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindBohners Lake-Powerful thunderstorm winds knocked down a few large trees.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindBohners Lake-Trees down.
April 2023HailBohners Lake-no account filed
May 2014HailBohners Lake-no account filed
May 2014HailBohners Lake-no account filed
May 2011HailBohners Lake-no account filed
May 2000HailBohners Lake-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Racine 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
Burlington3.8 miles19
Wheatland Estates4.6 miles19
Cedar Park5.3 miles19
Browns Lake5.5 miles19
Honey Lake6.5 miles19
Rosewood6.9 miles19
Rochester8.7 miles19
Eagle Lake Manor9.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1867652. 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.