BlockLake Church, Wisconsin
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Belgium town. It lies in ZIP code area 53004. The Survey maps it on the Port Washington East quadrangle. It stands 686 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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 Port Washington quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Port Washington quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Port Washington East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Port Washington quadrangle1:62500
- 1980 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Lake Church between 1995 and 2020, burning about 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 147 |
| 9 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 125 |
| 30 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 113 |
| 26 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 71 |
| 24 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1653 |
| 6 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 57 |
| 19 April 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 50 |
| 17 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 46 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake Church in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2020: 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Flood | Lake Church | $30,000 | Numerous flooding reports all over the county with some road closures. Numerous basements flooded in Port Washington. A retaining wall collapsed onto an elderly woman in Port Washington, killing her. Two drivers rescued driving into deep water underneath a railroad bridge on Spring St. and Sunset Rd. in Port Washington. |
| October 2019 | Flash Flood | Lake Church | $10,000 | Southbound lanes of I-43 flooded and closed from highway D at Belgium to highway H near Port Washington. Several roads flooded and impassable in the northern portion of Ozaukee 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Sauk Trail Beach | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Decker | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Holy Cross | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Druecker | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Knellsville | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Fredonia | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Port Washington | 8.3 miles | 12 |
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 Church | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6475330 | 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 1567726. 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.