Dunbarton, Wisconsin
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Shullsburg town. It lies in ZIP code area 53586. The Survey maps it on the Shullsburg quadrangle. It stands 1,010 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1902 USGS Mineral Point quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1952 USGS Shullsburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Dubuque North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
23,048 words on this townshipHistory of Lafayette County, Wisconsin, Containing an Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources; an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities, Towns and Villages ... Its War Record, Biographical Sketches ... 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 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Shullsburg Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Shullsburg Town - 23,048 words.
Fires near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Dunbarton between 2018 and 2019, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2019010 |
| 15 November 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18086 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Dunbarton: 6 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee-Shullsburg Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| Hames Rowe Lead Mine | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | Galena | |
| Milwaukee-Shullsburg Mine | Zinc, Lead | Unknown | Sphalerite | |
| Unnamed Prospect Along Copper Cre | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Along Copper Cre | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Mayer&Thiede Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Appell Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Glendenning Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Oppie Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Whalen Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dunbarton in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunbarton | $50,000 | Straight-line winds of approximately 90 mph snapped numerous trees greater than half way up the trees. Also multiple farm outbuildings and sheds were damaged including one calf barn that was completely destroyed. Debris was lying from southwest to northeast. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunbarton | $10,000 | Estimated winds of 90-100 mph which blew the roof of a barn. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunbarton | $10,000 | Structural damage to small outbuildings or garages. Some tree damage. |
| June 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Dunbarton | - | A brief, weak tornado spun up about 2.1 miles west-northwest of Dunbarton, or about 3.3 miles east of Shullsburg, or 0.27 southeast (133 degrees) of the insection of STH 11 and CTH E/Summit Rd. It resulted n only matted-down grasses, since the corn crop wasn't tall enough to sustain damage. It traveled north and cross STH 11, about 0.23 miles east of the intersection of STH 11 and CTH E, and dissipated just north of STH 11. The decaying supercell thunderstorm that generated this tornado also spun up an earlier weak tornado about 3.8 miles south of Shullsburg. The specific lat/lon data for the Dunbarton tornado is: N42.57850 W90.16877 for the start and N42.58176 W90.16859 for the end point. The average path width was 20 yards. No DI. Estimated wind speed is 56-61 knots (65-70 mph). |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shullsburg | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Gratiot | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Riverside | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Red Rock | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Avon | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| White Oak | 8.2 miles | 12 | |
| Darlington | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Etna | 10.3 miles | 12 |
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 Dunbarton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5314169 | 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 1564174. 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.






