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Buena Park, Wisconsin

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Waterford town. It lies in ZIP code area 53185. The Survey maps it on the Waterford quadrangle.

Buena Park within Racine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

11,210 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 Waterford Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Waterford Town - 11,210 words.

Fires near this place

17 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Buena Park between 2018 and 2020, burning about 129 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1
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
2 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20028
10 May 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20031
3 April 2020Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20018
23 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18031
20 April 2019Debris and open burning42 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesTICHIGAN
20 April 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1800264
19 April 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20032
13 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1900076

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Racine County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Buena Park: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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
Alby Pit Number 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Alby Pit Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Degraves PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oakes PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Racine County Hwy Dept Frost PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rochester PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wuttke PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working 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
Harbor Heights1.6 miles18
Waterford2.1 miles18
Tichigan2.8 miles18
Rochester3.5 miles19
Caldwell4.2 miles24
Wind Lake4.2 miles18
Beaumont6.8 miles18
Browns Lake6.9 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1562352. 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.