Lake Five, Wisconsin
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Lisbon Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53017. The Survey maps it on the Merton quadrangle. It stands 981 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 22 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 Oconomowoc quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1909 USGS Oconomowoc quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Hartland quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Merton quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Oconomowoc quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Oconomowoc quadrangle1:100000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Lisbon village. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Seven Murders
The county of Waukesha had got a reputation abroad for having had but one murder, apd a large number of her inhabitants thought the reputation a just one, as the only life-taking remembered, except the shooting of Henry Keene by' David Bonham, was the stabbing of Peschke by Dr. Bigelow, which was not generally considered murder.
In the county-history sources
63,227 words on this townshipThe History of Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Containing an Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources; an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities, Towns and Villages--their Improvements, Industries, Manufactories, Churches, Schools and Societies; Its War Record, Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Prominent Men and Early Settlers; the Whole Preceded by a History of Wisconsin, Statistics of the State, and an Abstract of Its Laws and Constitution and of the Constitution of the United States, published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Lisbon Village covers the township.
Read the chapter on Lisbon Village - 63,227 words.
Fires near this place
30 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Lake Five between 2004 and 2020, burning about 36 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1900183 |
| 20 June 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20259 |
| 8 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1800143 |
| 5 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18200 |
| 4 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19560 |
| 25 May 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20223 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Lake Five: 10 producers, 4 past producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fonda Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Burg Limestone Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Carlsons Limestone Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Cawley Limestone Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Dudovick Limestone Operation | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Halquist Stone Company Ideal Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| North End Limestone Operation | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Colgate Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Colgate Pit Yard 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| K and N Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lisbon | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Camp Whitcomb | 3.3 miles | 22 | |
| Colgate | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Merton | 3.7 miles | 22 | |
| Monches | 3.9 miles | 22 | |
| Sussex | 4.8 miles | 20 | |
| North Lake | 5.9 miles | 22 | |
| Willow Springs | 5.9 miles | 20 |
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 Five | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6475847 | 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 1567735. 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.







