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Mallwood, Wisconsin

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Milton town. It lies in ZIP code area 53534. The Survey maps it on the Edgerton quadrangle.

Mallwood within Rock County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

In the county-history sources

42,752 words on this township

History of Rock County, and Transactions of the Rock County Agricultural Society and Mechanics' Institute, published 1856; The History of Rock County, Wisconsin; Its Early Settlement, Growth, Development, Resources, Etc., published 1879 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Milton Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Milton Town - 42,752 words.

Fires near this place

24 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Mallwood between 2018 and 2020, burning about 12 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
26 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources201056
5 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1808574
11 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19738
7 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1806391
2 June 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20561
15 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19509
9 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20504
17 May 2018Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1805345

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rock 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 Mallwood: 2 past producers, 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
EdgertonSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kidder PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Knudsen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rock County

Storms near this place

15 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mallwood in 15 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 8 hail, 5 flood, 1 heavy rain, 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
March 2019FloodMallwood$5,000The Rock River at Newville reached moderate flood stage, cresting at 7.6 feet the morning of March 26th. Floodwaters surround some homes near East Mallwood Dr. and are into yards and roads across eastern Newville.
September 2018FloodMallwood$5,000The Rock River at Newville reached moderate flood stage, cresting at 7.79 feet during the evening of September 11th. Floodwaters surround some homes near East Mallwood Dr. and expands into some yards and roads on the east side of Newville. Floodwaters affect a riverside restaurant and its parking lot on the south side of the river. Dallman Park is partially flooded at Charley Bluff on the SE side of Lake Koshkonong.
April 2013FloodMallwood$5,000The Rock River at Newville experienced major flooding, cresting at 8.51 feet, or 2.01 feet over the flood stage of 6.5 feet, at 1150 PM CDT on April 23rd. The river remained above flood stage into May.
October 2018FloodMallwood$1,000The Rock River at Newville reached minor flood stage, cresting at 7.26 ft. the early evening of October 14th. Floodwaters surround some homes near East Mallwood Drive and are into yards and roads across eastern Newville. Floodwaters affect a riverside restaurant and its parking lot on the south side of the river.
September 2016Heavy RainMallwood$1,000A burst of heavy rain around 2 inches resulted in water flowing over Richardson Road, through yards, and around structures as it flowed into the Rock River.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindMallwood-Mesonet Station WI088 I-39/90 at State Highway 59 in Newville.
April 2025HailMallwood-Golf ball sized hail, some even large. Car dents and tree damage.
April 2025HailMallwood-Picture provided.
October 2019FloodMallwood-The Rock River at Newville reached minor flood stage, cresting at 7.15 feet the late evening of October 14th. Floodwaters surround some homes near East Mallwood Drive and are into yards and roads across eastern Newville.
April 2025HailMallwood-no account filed
July 2022HailMallwood-no account filed
July 2022HailMallwood-no account filed
July 2022HailMallwood-no account filed
July 2022HailMallwood-no account filed
October 2019HailMallwood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Rock 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
Maple Beach0.4 miles18
Coopers Shores0.5 miles18
Newville1.1 miles18
Charlie Bluff1.4 miles19
Hans Addition2.6 miles18
Edgerton3.4 miles18
Milton Junction4.3 miles19
Indianford5.1 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1834081. 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.