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Hilburn, Wisconsin

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1980. It stands in East Troy town. It lies in ZIP code area 53120. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mukwonago quadrangle. It stands 817 feet above sea level.

Hilburn within Walworth County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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

20,792 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; History of Walworth County, Wisconsin .., published 1912 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on East Troy Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on East Troy Town - 20,792 words.

Fires near this place

12 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Hilburn between 2018 and 2020, burning about 5 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 burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
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
5 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources79
26 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources73
7 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources22
7 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18092
8 April 2018Debris and open burning4.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources201816
3 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources33
25 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018021
13 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1900076

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walworth County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Hilburn: 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 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
Alby Pit Number 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Alby Pit Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Army Lake Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Meyers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Swoboda PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working 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
Army Lake (historical)1.7 miles24
Potter Lake2.3 miles24
Skyview Terrace2.5 miles24
East Troy2.7 miles24
Lake Beulah2.9 miles24
Honey Creek3.7 miles19
Troy4.8 miles24
Troy Center6.0 miles24

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 HilburnAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5761281The 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 1577642. 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.