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Lake Forest, Wisconsin

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Muskego City. It lies in ZIP code area 53150. The Survey maps it on the Muskego quadrangle.

Lake Forest within Waukesha County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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.

Fires near this place

36 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Lake Forest between 2010 and 2020, burning about 395 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined20
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
28 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources453
9 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources186
4 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources407
7 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2265
6 July 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2244
4 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources140
30 July 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources417
15 July 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources367

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Waukesha County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Lake Forest: 6 producers, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. 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
Buege Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kohler PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Park View Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit 14 and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Valley BlacktopSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Valley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Valley Pit Hillview S & GSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Waukesha 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
Muskego1.0 miles18
Woodcrest Heights1.1 miles18
Glen Oaks Estates1.4 miles18
Squire Glen Estates2.0 miles18
Guthrie2.8 miles18
Prospect3.0 miles18
Big Bend3.0 miles18
Golden Country Estates3.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1850377. 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.