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Calhoun, Wisconsin

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in New Berlin City. It lies in ZIP code area 53151. The Survey maps it on the Waukesha quadrangle.

Calhoun within Waukesha County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

75,278 words on this township

The History of Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Containing an Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources; an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities, Towns and Villages--their Improvements, Industries, Manufactories, Churches, Schools and Societies; Its War Record, Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Prominent Men and Early Settlers; the Whole Preceded by a History of Wisconsin, Statistics of the State, and an Abstract of Its Laws and Constitution and of the Constitution of the United States, published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on New Berlin City covers the township.

Read the chapter on New Berlin City - 75,278 words.

Fires near this place

32 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Calhoun between 2018 and 2020, burning about 10 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/undetermined20
Debris and open burning9
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
29 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1803041
31 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2990
25 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2005040
11 August 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1806080
7 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2265
9 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2125
29 May 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801566
18 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources456

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Waukesha County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Calhoun: 4 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Own CrewsStoneUnknown
Waukesha Lime and Stone Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Buege Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
James PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kohler PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Park View Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Waukesha County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Calhoun in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 hail. 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
August 2023HailCalhoun-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Waukesha 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
Goerkes Corner2.6 miles21
New Berlin2.7 miles18
Elm Grove3.3 miles20
Brookfield3.4 miles20
Prospect5.0 miles18
Waukesha5.5 miles21
Duplainville5.6 miles21
Golden Country Estates6.4 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1562516. 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.