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Fredonia, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Fredonia Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53021. The Survey maps it on the Port Washington West quadrangle. 2,078 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 896 feet above sea level.

Fredonia within Ozaukee County

On record in Fredonia

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

Fires near this place

12 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Fredonia between 2002 and 2020, burning about 15 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/undetermined7
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
17 July 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19017
6 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18017
26 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20038
1 May 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources110
8 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18005
20 April 2020Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20027
20 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20032

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ozaukee County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Fredonia: 5 producers, 2 past producers. 5 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ciriak PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clump PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hamm PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hartman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hartmann PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lakeland SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rau Pit Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ozaukee County

Storms near this place

9 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fredonia in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1996Tornado (F1)Fredonia$300,000no account filed
July 2007Flash FloodFredonia$100,000Heavy rains, measured at 4.5 to 5.0 inches within a couple hours, resulted in a flash flood in and near the village of Fredonia. Water depths on roads reached 1 to 3 feet. Some residents mentioned that some roads had never flooded until this event. Several gravel driveways were washed out as well as culverts.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindFredonia$6,000Damage to small sheds, a porch which was under construction, and trees all near Willow Valley Road.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindFredonia$3,000Law enforcement officials reported trees were blown down by damaging thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 50 knots (58 mph) in Fredonia.
October 2019FloodFredonia$2,000The Milwaukee River at Waubeka reached minor flood stage, cresting at 9.61 feet during the late afternoon of October 2nd. Water approaches some homes in Waubeka in the area of Second Street and County Highway Z. There is significant flooding downstream in Waubedonia Park and Marie Kraus Park.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindFredonia$1,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindFredonia$1,000no account filed
May 2006HailFredonia-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindFredonia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ozaukee 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
Waubeka2.1 miles12
Holy Cross2.9 miles12
Kohler4.2 miles15
Decker4.7 miles13
Druecker4.7 miles13
Belgium5.7 miles13
Knellsville5.7 miles13
Saukville6.2 miles12

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 FredoniaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2671471The 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 1565286. 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.