Ellenboro, Wisconsin
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Ellenboro town. It lies in ZIP code area 53813. It stands on Willow Branch. The Survey maps it on the Ellenboro quadrangle. It stands 745 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1900 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:125000
- 1908 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Ellenboro quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Dubuque North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Ellenboro in 2018, burning about 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018 |
| 25 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2118 |
| 23 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1918 |
| 11 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018060 |
| 24 October 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018174 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Ellenboro: 7 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hodgson Quarry | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Red Dog Mine | Zinc, Lead | Unknown | Sphalerite | |
| Western Star Mine | Zinc, Lead | Unknown | Sphalerite | |
| Whig and Edgerton Mines | Zinc, Lead | Unknown | Sphalerite | |
| Bell Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Brogley Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Edgerton Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Ellenboro Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ellenboro Township Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hodgeson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ellenboro in 13 storm reports between 2000 and 2019: 7 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellenboro | $59,000 | Apparent downburst winds caused fairly widespread damage to trees, power lines, out buildings and sheds in a six to seven mile path northwest of Platteville. Several farm buildings were destroyed or flattened. A spotter measured wind gusts of 68 mph near Union. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellenboro | $30,000 | A barn was blown down west of Platteville. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellenboro | $20,000 | A barn along with numerous trees were blown down near Ellenboro. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Ellenboro | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Ellenboro | $10,000 | High water flooded sections of Highway 81 between Lancaster and Platteville. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellenboro | $500 | Debris was blown across a highway southeast of Lancaster. |
| April 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Ellenboro | - | A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud one mile west of Ellenboro. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Ellenboro | - | The emergency manager reported nickel size hail south of Ellenboro. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Ellenboro | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Ellenboro | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Ellenboro | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Ellenboro | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Ellenboro | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockville | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Union | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Buena Vista | 6.2 miles | 16 | |
| British Hollow | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| Cornelia | 6.8 miles | 17 | |
| Lancaster | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| Tennyson | 7.5 miles | 16 | |
| Platteville | 7.9 miles | 13 |
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 Ellenboro | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5365089 | 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 1564536. 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.








