Caldwell, Wisconsin
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Waterford town. It lies in ZIP code area 53149. The Survey maps it on the Mukwonago quadrangle. It stands 846 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 24 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.
- 1892 USGS Eagle quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Eagle quadrangle1:62500
- 1897 USGS Eagle quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Eagle quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Eagle quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Mukwonago quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Lake Geneva quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
11,210 words on this townshipOfficial 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 names this settlement in its chapter on Waterford Town. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
In the fall of 1837, Messrs Barnes & Chapman, assisted by L. D. Merrills, Archibald Cooper, Ira A. Rice, Wm. Jones, John T. Palmer, Osborn L. Elms, Elisha Elms, and John Fisher, built the first dam across the river. The first ^aw mill was built in the fall of the same year, and the first grist mill in 1840 by Mr. Chapman.
Passage source: 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 present interests of the village are represented by the flouring-mill already spoken of, a saw-mill established there about ten years ago by Dr. Daniel Thompson, and a brewery started in 1876 by Mr. John Beck, who still controls it, producing about 200 barrels of beer per day.
Passage source: The History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin .., published 1879.
The Sons of Temperance were organized on February 12, 1872, with twenty-eight members, Dr. Newall being the first Worthy Patriarch. They now number forty-five members, and in addition, have a "wideawake " section for all children under fourteen years of age, which was organized April 4, 1879. The roster contains thirty members. Miss Ella Hulbert being the Worthy Patriarch of the whole. Tliey have a very nice hall over G. F. McLeish's store on Main street.
Passage source: The History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin .., published 1879.
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 Waterford Town - it names this place 9 more 9 times.
Fires near this place
16 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Caldwell between 2018 and 2020, burning about 137 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 312 |
| 13 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20023 |
| 8 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 233 |
| 7 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18092 |
| 5 April 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 163 |
| 26 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20016 |
| 23 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18031 |
| 20 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 42 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TICHIGAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Caldwell: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alby Pit Number 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Alby Pit Number 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hales Corners Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caldwell in 5 storm reports between 2014 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Tornado (EF0) | Caldwell | $6,000 | Tornado started in a mainly open field to the west of Highway 83. A few branches were downed. Along the intermittent path, multiple trees were downed in different directions. A port-a-potty was displaced and pushed over. The tornado continued to the northeast into an inaccessible field. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caldwell | $5,000 | Scattered trees and branches down in the western portion of the county. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Caldwell | $5,000 | Widespread flooding of lowland and agricultural land including some roads. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caldwell | $5,000 | Multiple branches and a few trees down. The side was blown off of a new home under construction. |
| August 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Caldwell | $1,000 | An EF0 tornado caused sporadic tree damage along its path. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buena Park | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Tichigan | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Harbor Heights | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| Waterford | 6.0 miles | 18 | |
| Wind Lake | 6.3 miles | 18 | |
| Rochester | 7.0 miles | 19 | |
| Honey Lake | 8.4 miles | 19 | |
| Browns Lake | 10.1 miles | 19 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Caldwell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14714419 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1562509. 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.










