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Camp Whitcomb, Wisconsin

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Merton town. It lies in ZIP code area 53029. The Survey maps it on the Merton quadrangle.

Camp Whitcomb within Waukesha County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 22 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

26,045 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 Merton Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Merton Town - 26,045 words.

Fires near this place

26 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Camp Whitcomb between 2004 and 2020, burning about 36 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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/undetermined10
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
8 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1900183
20 June 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 June 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20259
8 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1800143
4 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19560
2 May 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources125
1 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18549
1 May 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18192

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Waukesha 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 Camp Whitcomb: 6 producers, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Burg Limestone QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
North End Limestone OperationLimestone, DimensionProducer
Colgate Pit Yard 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
K and N Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lutz Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
North Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sussex PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
Monches1.6 miles22
Merton2.0 miles22
North Lake2.5 miles22
Lake Five3.3 miles22
Lisbon4.4 miles20
Hartland4.6 miles22
Stonebank4.9 miles22
Chenequa5.4 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1562674. 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.