Fayette, Wisconsin
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Fayette town. It lies in ZIP code area 53530. The Survey maps it on the Waldwick quadrangle. It stands 1,040 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
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Waldwick quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Dubuque North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Fayette between 1999 and 2020, burning about 82 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 April 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 14 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19031 |
| 16 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 9006000 |
| 30 March 1999 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 4677 |
| 15 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | YELLOWSTONE GUN RANGE FIRE |
| 7 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20064 |
| 2 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20060 |
| 31 October 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20059 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Fayette: 5 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olson Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Anderson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Calvert Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Calvert Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| George Wendtlandt, Inc. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| King Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fayette in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2019: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayette | $50,000 | Multiple grain and fertilizer bins blown over or collapsed. The roof and wall on one end of a pole barn severely damaged with the debris damaging a home and cattle building. Minor damage to a home when a swing set was blown into it. A portion of the roof to a small and old shed pealed off. Another small shed blown over. An uprooted tree. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayette | $30,000 | A large poll shed was mostly destroyed by straight line winds. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayette | $1,000 | Damage to the roof of a building on Highway G. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamont | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Yellowstone (historical) | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Darlington | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Calamine | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Avon | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| Red Rock | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| Slateford | 8.7 miles | 14 | |
| Wiota | 9.2 miles | 14 |
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 Fayette | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5439000 | 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 1564892. 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.






