Brothertown, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Brothertown town. It lies in ZIP code area 53014. The Survey maps it on the Brothertown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1910 USGS Fond du Lac quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Fond Du Lac quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Brothertown quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Fond Du Lac quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Brothertown quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Brothertown between 2018 and 2020, burning about 8 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018053 |
| 2 June 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 41 |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018036 |
| 10 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 92 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Brothertown: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buechel Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brothertown in 7 storm reports between 1999 and 2009: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 funnel cloud, 1 waterspout. 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 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brothertown | $3,000 | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brothertown | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Brothertown | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Funnel Cloud | Brothertown | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Brothertown | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Brothertown | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Waterspout | Brothertown | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Heights | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Jericho | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Eckers Lakeland | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Quinney | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Dorns Twilight Beach | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Kloten | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Sunset Beach | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Stockbridge | 7.2 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1562251. 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.






