Mendota Beach, Wisconsin
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Madison City. It lies in ZIP code area 53705. It stands on Pheasant Branch. The Survey maps it on the Madison West quadrangle.
On record in Mendota Beach
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
John R. Commons Houselisted 1985 · 0.3 miles away
Thorstrandlisted 1980 · 0.5 miles away- Philip H. and Margaret Gray Houselisted 2021 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 25 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1890 USGS Madison quadrangle1:62500
- 1892 USGS Madison quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1904 USGS Madison quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Madison quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Madison quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Madison West quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Madison West quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Madison city. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Chapter
Village and Town Elections 1846-49 - Water Power - Celebra¬ tion, July 4, 1846 - Public Cemetery - Dr. C. B. Chapman's and J. T. Clark's Reminiscences - Hope Lodge I. O. O. F. - Knapp's Account of Capitol Grounds - L. J. Farwell's Arrival - First Bell in Madison - Organization of Baptist Church 1847 - Trial of Gross for Murder - Growth of Village, 1848 - State Historical Society, 1849 - State University.
In the county-history sources
304,850 words on this townshipA History of Madison, the Capital of Wisconsin : Including the Four Lake Country : to July, 1874, with an Appendix of Notes on Dane County and Its Towns, published 1874; Madison, Dane County and Surrounding Towns; Being a History and Guide to Places of Scenic Beauty and Historical Note .., published 1877 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Madison City covers the township.
Read the chapter on Madison City - 304,850 words.
Fires near this place
23 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Mendota Beach between 2007 and 2020, burning about 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2019797 |
| 14 August 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018928 |
| 6 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 342 |
| 2 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2012493 |
| 15 June 2020 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 305 |
| 14 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 304 |
| 5 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 190 |
| 25 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 215 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Mendota Beach: 8 producers, 3 unknowns, 1 past producer. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fess Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| John Hensen Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Kapel-Marquardt Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Northwestern Stone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Zeigler Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Blooming Grove Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Engelhart Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Essers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Norway Grove Gravel Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Westport Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pheasant Branch | 1.3 miles | 25 | |
| Shorewood Hills | 1.7 miles | 25 | |
| Middleton | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| College Hills | 2.0 miles | 25 | |
| Pilgrim Village | 2.4 miles | 25 | |
| Middleton Junction | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Wingra Park | 3.5 miles | 25 | |
| Oakland Heights | 3.6 miles | 25 |
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 Q122562996 | The 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 1842545. 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.









