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Hubertus, Wisconsin

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Richfield Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53033. The Survey maps it on the Sussex quadrangle. It stands 1,010 feet above sea level.

Hubertus within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

37 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Hubertus between 2005 and 2020, burning about 27 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 were 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/undetermined18
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
31 August 2012Natural1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801183
19 July 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801111
20 June 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 June 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20259
5 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2000661
5 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18200
4 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19560

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Hubertus: 6 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Halquist Stone Company Ideal QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
Colgate PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Colgate Pit Yard 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hubertos PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Johann Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Merget Pit Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Richfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rugby PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Schulties PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

6 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hubertus in 6 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2017Thunderstorm WindHubertus$10,000Multiple trees were damaged as a strong thunderstorm moved through the area.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindHubertus$2,000Some trees down in Richfield.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindHubertus$1,000A Shagbark Hickory tree was snapped about a third of the way up the tree.
February 2024HailHubertus-Photo with 1 inch diameter hail included in report.
September 2006HailHubertus-no account filed
May 2000HailHubertus-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Richfield2.0 miles15
Meeker2.7 miles20
Goldenthal3.1 miles20
Plat3.7 miles22
Rugby Junction3.8 miles15
Willow Creek3.9 miles20
Dheinsville4.3 miles15
Rockfield5.2 miles15

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 HubertusAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q12833520The 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 1566787. 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.