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London, Wisconsin

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Deerfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 53523. The Survey maps it on the Deerfield quadrangle. It stands 873 feet above sea level.

London within Dane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

113 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of London between 2003 and 2020, burning about 283 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
Debris and open burning49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use14
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2
Natural1

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
6 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 August 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 August 2003Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dane County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of London: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 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
L. Kelly QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Norman Carpenter and SonStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cambridge PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mankowski QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Nelson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dane County

Storms near this place

4 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names London in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2026: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2025Thunderstorm WindLondon$1,000Electrical power is out in the area.
April 2026HailLondon-Trained spotter reports 1.25 inch diameter hail to the northeast of Deerfield. Time confirmed via radar data.
April 2026HailLondon-Trained spotter reports 1.5 inch diameter hail.
May 2011HailLondon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dane 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
Deerfield3.3 miles23
Old Deerfield4.1 miles23
Rockdale5.3 miles18
Nora7.4 miles26
Hoffman Corners7.5 miles26
Hillside8.0 miles18
Utica8.1 miles18
Marshall8.8 miles24

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 LondonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6669738The 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 1568505. 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.

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.