Helenville, Wisconsin
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Jefferson town. It lies in ZIP code area 53137. The Survey maps it on the Helenville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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 Watertown quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Helenville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Oconomowoc quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Oconomowoc quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
18,033 words on this townshipThe History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin, Containing ... Biographical Sketches .., published 1879 names this settlement in its chapter on Jefferson Town. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
congre^iion observed their Sabbath-Day services in the dwellings of the members, which were continued until the date above designated, when they purchased about two acres of ground on Christ Mountain, two and one-half miles east of Jefferson, on a portion of which they erected a small frame Church, the remainder of the purchase being reserved for burial purposes. The church was completed and consecrated under the name of St. Johns, and served as a place ol worship for sixty-four families, until an increase in the number of parishioners necessitated the erection of a more commodious edifice. The Rev. Mr. Mayer, minister of the Lutheran congr^ation at Helenville. became the first Pastor of that denomination, until the installation ol the Rev. Carl Aug. Biel. his successor (also from Helen viUeX who officiated for several years, being followed by the Rev. Mr. Zink. who ministered to the spiritual wants of the congregations in Jefferson and Helenville until his death.
Passage source: The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin, Containing ... Biographical Sketches .., published 1879.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
14 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Helenville between 2014 and 2020, burning about 297 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 137 |
| 24 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1923 |
| 31 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 87 |
| 30 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | JEFFERSON MARSH PEAT FIRE |
| 2 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 68 |
| 7 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 253 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | JEFFERSON MARSH 1 |
| 18 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2017 |
| 13 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1916 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Helenville: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janke Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Helenville in 6 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2016 | Lightning | Helenville | $150,000 | Lightning struck a home causing a significant fire. The fire department reported the home as a total loss. Two people escaped the fire unharmed. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Helenville | $15,000 | An NWS employee reported multiple homes with roof shingle damage from thunderstorm wind gusts estimated up to 65 knots (75 mph). |
| June 2022 | Hail | Helenville | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Helenville | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Helenville | - | no account filed |
| March 1994 | Hail | Helenville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rome | 4.2 miles | 31 | |
| Slabtown | 4.6 miles | 31 | |
| Farmington | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Jefferson Junction | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Jefferson | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Sullivan | 5.9 miles | 18 | |
| Johnson Creek | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Hebron | 6.0 miles | 31 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1566277. 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.







