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Genoa City, Wisconsin

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Genoa City Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53128. It stands on East Branch North Branch Nippersink Creek. The Survey maps it on the Richmond quadrangle. 2,982 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 830 feet above sea level.

Genoa City within Walworth County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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.

In the county-history sources

8,452 words on this township

History of Walworth County, Wisconsin, Containing an Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources...its War Record, Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Prominent Men and Early Settlers; the Whole Preceded by a History of Wisconsin...and an Abstract of Its Laws and Constitution.., published 1882 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Genoa City Village covers the township.

Read the chapter on Genoa City Village - 8,452 words.

Fires near this place

17 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Genoa City between 2013 and 2020, burning about 62 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning7
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
8 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources13-345
9 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18387
15 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources13-294
1 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources62
4 May 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources14-231
19 May 2018Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources44
13 May 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources13-197
7 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources14-176

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walworth 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 Genoa City: 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
S and W Dairy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Walworth County

Storms near this place

18 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Genoa City in 18 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 9 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 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
June 2000Thunderstorm WindGenoa City$50,000no account filed
September 2019FloodGenoa City$20,000Rising waters on Delavan Lake resulted in pier planks and boats breaking free. Rising waters on Geneva Lake caused water to flow over the dam, thereby flooding the White River and a nearby park and nature preserve in Lake Geneva. Some streets were closed near the White River. Other roads over southern Walworth County remained flooded and closed.
October 1996Thunderstorm WindGenoa City$15,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindGenoa City$10,000Powerful thunderstorm winds knocked down a few large trees and powerlines.
April 1996Thunderstorm WindGenoa City$10,000no account filed
November 2020Thunderstorm WindGenoa City$5,000A tree knocked down onto a house. Power line down as well.
June 2014HailGenoa City-Hail lasted approximately 10 minutes.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindGenoa City-Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts to 50 knots (58 mph) toppled several large trees east of Genoa City.
May 2018HailGenoa City-no account filed
May 2018HailGenoa City-no account filed
May 2018HailGenoa City-no account filed
July 2017HailGenoa City-no account filed
July 2017HailGenoa City-no account filed
April 2015HailGenoa City-no account filed
June 2014HailGenoa City-no account filed
September 2001Heavy RainGenoa City-no account filed
May 1997HailGenoa City-no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindGenoa City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Walworth 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
Pell Lake3.0 miles18
North Bloomfield5.4 miles18
Shady Side (historical)7.4 miles19
Zenda8.2 miles19
Lake Geneva8.5 miles19
Linton9.5 miles19
Lyons10.7 miles19
Springfield10.8 miles19

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 Genoa CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2306462The 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 1565461. 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.