Fillmore, Wisconsin
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Farmington town. It lies in ZIP code area 53021. It stands on Stony Creek. The Survey maps it on the Newburg quadrangle. It stands 843 feet above sea level.
On record in Fillmore
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Saxonia Houselisted 2006 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1904 USGS West Bend quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Newburg quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS West Bend quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Oconomowoc quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Oconomowoc quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Fillmore between 2002 and 2020, burning about 23 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 785 |
| 17 July 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19017 |
| 6 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18017 |
| 26 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20038 |
| 15 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 838 |
| 29 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 755 |
| 26 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 753 |
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 Fillmore: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hartmann Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fillmore in 3 storm reports between 1996 and 2014: 1 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2014 | Hail | Fillmore | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fillmore | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Funnel Cloud | Fillmore | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheeseville | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Boltonville | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Orchard Grove | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Newburg | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Saint Michaels | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Myra | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Young America | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| Barton | 7.4 miles | 15 |
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 Fillmore | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5448845 | 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 1564938. 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.






