Hayton, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Charlestown town. It lies in ZIP code area 53014. It stands on Pine Creek. The Survey maps it on the Potter quadrangle. It stands 830 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Chilton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Potter quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Appleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Potter quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Hayton between 2003 and 2020, burning about 24 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 | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 May 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 May 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 April 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.8 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 December 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 November 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 84 |
| 19 October 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 18 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Hayton: 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chilton Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Haepner Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Arnold Ortlepp Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Brocker Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Schneider Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hayton in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2014: 2 heavy rain, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Heavy Rain | Hayton | - | Thunderstorms produced multiple rounds of heavy rainfall during the late afternoon hours. The heavy rain caused street flooding east of Chilton, near the intersection of Highway 51 and T. |
| June 2014 | Heavy Rain | Hayton | - | Thunderstorms produced multiple rounds of heavy rainfall during the late afternoon hours. Runoff from a recently plowed field left 10 inches of mud covering the road southeast of Chilton, near the intersection of Highway 57 and Redwood Road. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Hayton | - | Winds estimated at 50 mph and heavy rainfall accompanied golf ball size hail that fell near Hayton. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gravesville | 1.9 miles | 9 | |
| Chilton | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Charlesburg | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Meggers | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| New Holstein | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Brant | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Potter | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Kloten | 8.0 miles | 10 |
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 Hayton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5687309 | 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 1566223. 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.




