Calamine, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Willow Springs town. It lies in ZIP code area 53565. It stands on Bonner Branch. The Survey maps it on the Calamine 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.
- 1902 USGS Mineral Point quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1952 USGS Calamine quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Dubuque North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Calamine between 2018 and 2020, burning about 31 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 | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18026 |
| 23 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18024 |
| 21 April 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 14 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19031 |
| 2 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20060 |
| 31 October 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20059 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Calamine: 19 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Als Trucking Co. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Calvert Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Calvert Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lange Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Otto Jean Kelly Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Chesterfield Diggings | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Gundry Diggings | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Jackson Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| M.C. Mine | Zinc, Lead | Unknown | Sphalerite | |
| Slateford Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Calamine in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2019: 3 flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calamine | $100,000 | A swath of snapped and uprooted trees and flattened corn. Some structural damage to homes and farm buildings. A large tree limb fell on a truck. |
| June 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Calamine | $100,000 | no account filed |
| March 2019 | Flood | Calamine | $20,000 | The Pecatonica River at Darlington reached major flood stage, cresting at 17.62 feet the early evening of March 14th. Major urban flooding in the downtown area of Darlington affecting many businesses, although mitigation efforts resulted in less damage than past major floods. The main highways of 23 & 81 are closed as is Main St. The Lafayette County fairgrounds is flooded. The Pecatonica River is flooding portions of Calamine upstream from Darlington. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calamine | $15,000 | Numerous trees and power lines down throughout the county. |
| October 2019 | Flood | Calamine | $10,000 | The Pecatonica River at Darlington reached moderate flood stage, cresting at 15.88 feet the late morning of October 3rd. Highways 23 and 81 in Darlington are flooded and closed as is Main Street. The Lafayette County fairgrounds are flooded. Several miles upstream, there is flooding in Calamine and farther north Ferndale Rd. is flooded and closed. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calamine | - | Law enforcement reported trees blown down and blocking roads around Calamine in the civil township of Willow Springs, north of the city of Darlington. |
| March 1998 | Flood | Calamine | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1562506. 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.






