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Freistadt, Wisconsin

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Mequon City. It lies in ZIP code area 53097. The Survey maps it on the Menomonee Falls quadrangle.

Freistadt within Ozaukee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

9 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Freistadt between 2018 and 2020, burning about 10 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 burning2

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
4 August 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources180850
21 August 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1772607
19 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801269
1 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1802679
30 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018057
21 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2002392
18 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2000580
3 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1473559

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ozaukee County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Freistadt: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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
H.F. Prahl Corp. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ozaukee County

Storms near this place

4 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Freistadt in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. 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
May 2016Thunderstorm WindFreistadt$20,000Straight line winds causing the collapse of one wall of an old barn. Another old barn and a couple sheds sustaining some wall, door, or roof damage. Trees and branches snapped and uprooted trees.
November 2022Thunderstorm WindFreistadt$8,000Scattered trees and branches down, including power lines, throughout the county.
July 2011LightningFreistadt$2,000A home on West Highland Road in Mequon was struck by lightning and the garage caught fire. The home suffered water and smoke damage.
August 2015Tornado (EF0)Freistadt$1,000A sporadic damage path with one uprooted tree and small branches and twigs.

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
Mequon3.1 miles19
Thiensville3.4 miles19
Hamilton5.0 miles13
Cedarburg5.1 miles13
Horns Corners7.3 miles15
Lakefield7.4 miles13
Grafton7.5 miles13
Decker Corner8.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1565298. 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.