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Klondike, Wisconsin

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Brighton town. It lies in ZIP code area 53168. The Survey maps it on the Paddock Lake quadrangle. It stands 833 feet above sea level.

Klondike within Kenosha County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

4,238 words on this township

The History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin .., published 1879 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Brighton Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Brighton Town - 4,238 words.

Fires near this place

11 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Klondike between 2010 and 2020, burning about 113 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/undetermined8
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
10 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources218407
3 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources218317
4 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2000370
30 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources857
30 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1800402
2 April 2010Equipment and vehicle use80 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 November 2020Debris and open burning13 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesNEW MUNSTER
1 November 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2001249

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kenosha 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 Klondike: 1 occurrence, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 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
Bassett Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Fischer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hillard PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kenosha 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
Paddock Lake1.2 miles19
Salem2.5 miles19
Salem Oaks2.6 miles19
Brighton2.9 miles18
Silver Lake3.9 miles19
Camp Lake4.0 miles19
Salem Lakes4.1 miles19
Fox River4.1 miles19

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 KlondikeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6421251The 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 1567552. 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.