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.
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
Kendall Cabinet Shoplisted 2016
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1892 USGS Port Washington quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Port Washington quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Port Washington quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Port Washington West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 2002Regional 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/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 1 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 110 |
| 8 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18005 |
| 20 April 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20027 |
| 20 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20032 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ciriak Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Clump Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hamm Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hartman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hartmann Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lakeland Site | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rau Pit Number 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1996 | Tornado (F1) | Fredonia | $300,000 | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Fredonia | $100,000 | Heavy 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fredonia | $6,000 | Damage to small sheds, a porch which was under construction, and trees all near Willow Valley Road. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fredonia | $3,000 | Law enforcement officials reported trees were blown down by damaging thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 50 knots (58 mph) in Fredonia. |
| October 2019 | Flood | Fredonia | $2,000 | The 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 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fredonia | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fredonia | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Fredonia | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fredonia | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waubeka | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Holy Cross | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Kohler | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Decker | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Druecker | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Belgium | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Knellsville | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Saukville | 6.2 miles | 12 |
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 Fredonia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2671471 | 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 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.






