Millard, Wisconsin
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Sugar Creek town. It lies in ZIP code area 53121. The Survey maps it on the Elkhorn quadrangle. It stands 932 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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.
- 1893 USGS Delavan quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Delavan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Elkhorn quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Lake Geneva quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
9,286 words on this townshipHistory 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 names this settlement in its chapter on Sugar Creek Town. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The town contained, according to the Federal census of 1880, 980 inhabitants, niiietenths of whom are farmers or constitute their families. There is in the town one postoffice - " Millard," formerly " Barker's Corners." There is no mill in the town. There is one cheese factory, owned by a stock company, on Section 1 ; one store at Millard postoffice, kept by E. A. Hastings, who is the post-master.
Passage source: 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.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Sugar Creek Town - it names this place 6 more 6 times.
Fires near this place
14 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Millard between 2018 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. None 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19012 |
| 8 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 153 |
| 7 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 137 |
| 6 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19011 |
| 29 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 172 |
| 28 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 170 |
| 22 April 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 170 |
| 8 March 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20008 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Millard: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Nelson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Paddock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Millard in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 5 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Millard | $15,000 | Power poles snapped, power lines and trees down in a 2 mile radius around the North Lake area. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Millard | $4,000 | Scattered trees down in Whitewater, Richmond, and the Sugar Creek area. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Millard | $2,000 | Many trees down in the area. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Millard | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Millard | - | A few large trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tibbets | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Heart Prairie | 2.4 miles | 32 | |
| Lauderdale | 4.1 miles | 32 | |
| Abells Corners | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Lauderdale Shores | 4.5 miles | 32 | |
| La Grange | 4.6 miles | 32 | |
| Elkhorn | 5.9 miles | 19 | |
| Adams | 6.5 miles | 32 |
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 Millard | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6858495 | 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 1569500. 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.







