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Hamilton, Wisconsin

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Cedarburg town. It lies in ZIP code area 53012. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cedarburg quadrangle.

Hamilton within Ozaukee County

On record in Hamilton

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 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

15 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Hamilton between 2018 and 2020, burning about 13 acres in total. 1 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 burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
23 June 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources190704
31 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19700
25 May 2020Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20675
4 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources190468
3 April 2020Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources200365
28 April 2018Debris and open burning6.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18486
26 April 2020Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20567

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ozaukee County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hamilton: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Cedarburg StoneStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
H.F. Prahl Corp. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Maple Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rowe Sand and Gravel, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
Cedarburg1.2 miles13
Lakefield2.6 miles13
Grafton2.6 miles13
Thiensville3.2 miles19
Mequon3.4 miles19
Ulao3.9 miles13
Horns Corners4.8 miles15
Freistadt5.0 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1566010. 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.