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Lauderdale Shores, Wisconsin

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1980. It stands in La Grange town. It lies in ZIP code area 53121. It lies near Deakin Island. The Survey maps it on the Little Prairie quadrangle. It stands 889 feet above sea level.

Lauderdale Shores within Walworth County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 32 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.

In the county-history sources

13,030 words on this township

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; History of Walworth County, Wisconsin .., published 1912 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on La Grange Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on La Grange Town - 13,030 words.

Fires near this place

28 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Lauderdale Shores between 2018 and 2020, burning about 58 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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
Debris and open burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
14 June 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20028
9 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19012
8 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources153
7 April 2018Debris and open burning10 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources137
6 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19011
30 April 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18028
30 April 2018Arson/incendiarism4.4 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesBLUFF ROAD 1
30 April 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesBLUFF ROAD 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walworth County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lauderdale Shores: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Nelson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Paddock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Walworth 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
Lauderdale1.1 miles32
Adams2.0 miles32
La Grange2.5 miles32
Tibbets3.4 miles19
Abells Corners3.9 miles19
Mayhews (historical)4.0 miles24
Little Prairie4.2 miles32
Heart Prairie4.4 miles32

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.

Wikidata item Q6497872The 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 2508623. 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.