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Dodges Corners, Wisconsin

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Vernon Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53103. The Survey maps it on the Waterford quadrangle. It stands 860 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Dodges Corners within Waukesha County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

10,878 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 Vernon Village covers the township.

Read the chapter on Vernon Village - 10,878 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 Dodges Corners (historical) between 2018 and 2020, burning about 147 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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/undetermined15
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources186
4 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources407
30 July 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources417
15 July 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources367
23 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources312
13 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20023
8 May 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources233
7 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18092

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Waukesha County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Dodges Corners (historical): 2 producers. All of them 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hales Corners PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit 14 and MillSand 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
Big Bend2.4 miles18
Vernon3.1 miles23
Glen Oaks Estates4.8 miles18
Mukwonago4.9 miles24
Guthrie5.1 miles18
Oak Knoll5.1 miles24
Lake Forest5.4 miles18
Woodcrest Heights5.5 miles18

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 Dodges Corners (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18149895The 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 2760400. 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.