Ladoga, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Waupun town. It lies in ZIP code area 53963. It stands on Ladoga Creek. The Survey maps it on the Waupun North quadrangle. It stands 899 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Waupun quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Waupun NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Fond Du Lac quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Waupun North quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
22,949 words on this townshipThe History of Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin, published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Waupun Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Waupun Town - 22,949 words.
Fires near this place
14 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Ladoga between 1997 and 2018, burning about 1,616 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Leopold Wetland Management District | NKING CHASE |
| 14 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1807037 |
| 5 June 1997 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Leopold Wetland Management District | BRADLEY2 |
| 4 May 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Leopold Wetland Management District | SCHOENBERG |
| 21 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Leopold Wetland Management District | BRADLEY RD |
| 3 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Leopold Wetland Management District | MANTHEYW |
| 24 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 3.8 acres | Leopold Wetland Management District | GATOR |
| 20 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 75 acres | Horicon National Wildlife Refuge | PINE WF |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ladoga in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2006 | Lightning | Ladoga | $200,000 | Lightning struck a shed. The resultant fire buring the shed to the ground, and the contents were a total loss. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ladoga | $50,000 | A barn collapsed while being occupied by 30 to 40 cattle. Some deceased cattle reported. |
| August 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | Ladoga | - | Tornado was 1 of 19 tornadoes that occurred across central to east central Wisconsin on the afternoon of August 28th. This tornado went through rural areas northeast of Waupun and crossed Hwy 151. Widespread straight line winds caused significant tree and crop damage across the county as well. |
| August 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Ladoga | - | Tornado was 1 of 19 tornadoes that occurred across central to east central Wisconsin on the afternoon of August 28th. This tornado went through mainly rural areas southeast of Brandon. Widespread straight line winds caused significant tree and crop damage across the county as well. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Ladoga | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ladoga | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Flood | Ladoga | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Ladoga | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rogersville | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Oak Center | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Lamartine | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Brandon | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Rosendale | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Waupun | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Woodhull | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Alto | 7.1 miles | 8 |
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 Ladoga | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6469790 | The 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 1567713. 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.
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.





