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Lakefield, Wisconsin

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Grafton town. It lies in ZIP code area 53024. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cedarburg quadrangle. It stands 709 feet above sea level.

Lakefield within Ozaukee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

9 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Lakefield between 2018 and 2020, burning about 10 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1
Smoking1

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
31 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19700
25 May 2020Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20675
28 April 2018Debris and open burning6.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18486
26 April 2020Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20567
16 April 2020Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20541
27 March 2020Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20446
26 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18331
19 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18296

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ozaukee County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lakefield: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cedarburg StoneStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Maple Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rowe Sand and Gravel, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in 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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Ulao1.8 miles13
Grafton2.3 miles13
Hamilton2.6 miles13
Cedarburg3.3 miles13
Thiensville4.9 miles19
Mequon5.1 miles19
Saukville6.0 miles12
Horns Corners6.1 miles15

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 LakefieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6478712The 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 1567768. 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.