Camp Lake, Wisconsin
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Salem Lakes Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53168. The Survey maps it on the Silver Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1893 USGS Silver Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1906 USGS Silver Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Silver Lake quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Silver Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Lake Geneva quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Camp Lake between 2018 and 2020, burning about 21 acres in total. None 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 218402 |
| 4 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2000370 |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 857 |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1800402 |
| 17 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 80 |
| 1 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2001249 |
| 6 October 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2001153 |
| 15 October 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2001191 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Camp Lake: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barthel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bassett Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Fischer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fox Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hillard Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Powers Lake Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Techert Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Thelen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Camp Lake in 1 storm report in 2008: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Hail | Camp Lake | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Lake | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Carefree Estates | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Trevor | 2.0 miles | 19 | |
| Salem | 2.2 miles | 19 | |
| Salem Lakes | 2.2 miles | 19 | |
| Liberty Corners | 2.5 miles | 19 | |
| Fox River | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Salem Oaks | 3.2 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1562628. 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.








