Dundee, Wisconsin
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Osceola town. It lies in ZIP code area 53010. It stands on Dundee Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Dundee quadrangle. It stands 1,230 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1955 USGS Kewaskum quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Dundee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Fond Du Lac quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Dundee quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
4,232 words on this townshipThe History of Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin, published 1880 names this settlement in its chapter on Osceola Town. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
At Dundee, which was platted, recorded and named by E. M. Mcintosh, in February, 1864, is a good water-power. The first dam and saw-mill were built by Stephen Palmer and Mr. Mcintosh, in 1855. Soon after, the property fell into the hands of William and Leroy Palmer, who built the flouring-mill in 1858. It is now owned by F. HoUensteiner. The first Postmaster at Dundee was I. S. Sheldon. The office is now kept by Jacoib Arimond, though F. HoUensteiner is Postmaster. Dundee Hotel is kept by Mr. Brokmeyer, who started the cattle fair for Dundee in 1870. There are three churches at this village - a Catholic mission, supplied by- Father Michels, of New Cassel; a Reformed church, built in 1876, of which F. Hollensteiner is Treasurer and Rev. F. Maurer, Pastor, and a Lutheran church, built in 1878.
Passage source: The History of Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin, published 1880.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Osceola Town - it names this place 2 more 2 times.
Fires near this place
9 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Dundee between 2004 and 2020, burning about 4 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 | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1956 |
| 4 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 201856 |
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 201858 |
| 14 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 201849 |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 201834 |
| 3 April 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 November 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2020079 |
| 19 November 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 3750 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Dundee: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ebert Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gelling County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dundee in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dundee | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dundee | $10,000 | Significant roof damage to a bar on the shore of Kettle Moraine Lake. Several boat docks were destroyed. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dundee | $1,000 | A tree down on power lines. |
| August 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Dundee | - | Tornado was 1 of 19 tornadoes that occurred across central to east central Wisconsin on the afternoon of August 28th. This tornado went just east of Dundee Mountain and did some brief tree damage along Division Rd. Widespread straight line winds caused significant tree and crop damage across the county as well. |
| July 2006 | Funnel Cloud | Dundee | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Dundee | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Dundee | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Funnel Cloud | Dundee | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinatown | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| New Prospect | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Armstrong | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Waucousta | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Graham Corners | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| New Fane | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Campbellsport | 7.2 miles | 9 | |
| Dotyville | 8.4 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 Dundee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5314795 | 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 1564179. 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.





