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East Waupun, Wisconsin

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Chester town. It lies in ZIP code area 53963. It stands on Libby Creek. The Survey maps it on the Waupun South quadrangle. It stands 883 feet above sea level.

East Waupun within Dodge County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

14,902 words on this township

The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, Containing ... Its Early Settlement, Growth ... an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities ... War Record, Biographical Sketches, published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Chester Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Chester Town - 14,902 words.

Fires near this place

50 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of East Waupun between 1994 and 2018, burning about 1,540 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1
Fireworks1

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
15 September 2011Debris and open burning1.5 acresHoricon National Wildlife RefugeSOUTH POINT WF
29 August 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesF180990
18 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresHoricon National Wildlife RefugePEACHY NORTH WF
23 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresHoricon National Wildlife RefugeNEITZEL WF
22 July 2007Arson/incendiarism1.4 acresHoricon National Wildlife RefugePEACHY RD. WF
22 July 2007Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresHoricon National Wildlife RefugeHODGE WF
14 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1807037
12 July 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresHoricon National Wildlife RefugePAUTSCH WF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dodge County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of East Waupun: 3 producers, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Oak Stone QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Howard QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lehner QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Linck Waupun QuarriesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Waupun Ready Mix QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Wegenke QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dodge 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
Atwater5.0 miles10
LeRoy7.7 miles10
Burnett8.3 miles10
Kekoskee9.5 miles10
Farmersville9.6 miles10
Nasbro10.1 miles10
Buckhorn Corner10.1 miles8
Knowles10.5 miles10

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 East WaupunAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5329649The 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 1577583. 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.