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Hoopers Mill, Wisconsin

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Milford town. It lies in ZIP code area 53551. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Mills quadrangle. It stands 810 feet above sea level.

Hoopers Mill within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

276 words on this township

The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin, Containing ... Biographical Sketches .., published 1879 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Milford Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Milford Town - 276 words.

Fires near this place

9 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Hoopers Mill between 2010 and 2020, burning about 22 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/undetermined4
Debris and open burning3
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
25 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources257
9 May 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources137
3 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20065
11 April 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2000663
11 April 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 April 2010Debris and open burning8.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1800030
25 March 2010Smoking1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hoopers Mill: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Aztalan Township QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Duwe PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mud Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Milford1.9 miles15
Lake Mills1.9 miles16
Aztalan1.9 miles15
Grellton5.6 miles15
Johnson Creek5.9 miles15
Jefferson Junction6.4 miles15
Hubbleton6.7 miles16
Kroghville7.1 miles23

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 Hoopers MillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5898387The 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 1566668. 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.