Lake Beulah, 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. The Survey maps it on the Mukwonago quadrangle. It stands 830 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 24 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.
- 1892 USGS Eagle quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Eagle quadrangle1:62500
- 1897 USGS Eagle quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Eagle quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Eagle quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Mukwonago quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Lake Geneva quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
20,792 words on this townshipHistory 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 names this settlement in its chapter on East Troy Town. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
William Weed, an Eastern merchant, ruined in fortune in the commercial crisis of the time, came from Buffalo, N. Y. , to East Troy, and remained a few years. Two of his children died during his residence here, and, the health of Mrs. Weed becoming impaired, she returned to her old home in Connecticut, and soon dii^l also. Mr. Weed removed, after the death of his wife, to Waukesha, and thence to Beaver Dam. He was a most worthy and exemplary man. and a leader in all the reforms of his time.
Passage source: 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.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on East Troy Town - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
Fires near this place
14 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Lake Beulah between 2018 and 2020, burning about 150 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 79 |
| 26 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 73 |
| 7 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 22 |
| 7 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18092 |
| 3 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20089 |
| 5 April 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 163 |
| 20 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 42 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TICHIGAN |
| 13 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1900076 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Lake Beulah: 1 unknown, 1 producer, 1 past 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alby Pit Number 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Alby Pit Number 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Army Lake Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Meyers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
4 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake Beulah in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Beulah | $6,000 | A barn or outbuilding lost a portion of its sheet metal roof. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Beulah | $3,000 | Several large tree downs. Another tree down on County Highway L just to the south. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Beulah | - | Strong thunderstorm wind gust with a line of thunderstorms. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Lake Beulah | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potter Lake | 1.5 miles | 24 | |
| Hilburn | 2.9 miles | 24 | |
| Army Lake (historical) | 3.1 miles | 24 | |
| Skyview Terrace | 4.8 miles | 24 | |
| Honey Creek | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| East Troy | 5.1 miles | 24 | |
| Troy | 7.2 miles | 24 | |
| Troy Center | 7.7 miles | 24 |
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 Lake Beulah | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14714510 | 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 1567724. 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.










