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Monterey, Wisconsin

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Lac La Belle Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53066. The Survey maps it on the Stonebank quadrangle. It stands 883 feet above sea level.

Monterey within Waukesha County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 22 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

15 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Monterey between 2018 and 2020, burning about 108 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning5
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
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
21 September 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1802995
8 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1817
30 April 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1800131
29 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1800125
26 April 2018Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801151
24 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources22
11 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2013
23 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1800764

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Waukesha County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Monterey: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Oakfield Brick PitClayProducer
Fredericks PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Vogt PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Waukesha County

Storms near this place

4 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monterey in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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
February 2018FloodMonterey$10,000Widespread flooding of lowland and agricultural land including some roads. Highway 83 was closed for a time between County Highway CW and the Waukesha and Washington County border. Two homes were threatened by high waters within the Wambold Channel in the Town of Eagle. One home sustained minor flood damage. The high water within the channel was due to high water downstream in Jericho Creek backing up into the channel. A couple roads near Jericho Creek and the Mukwonago River were closed due to flooding.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindMonterey$2,000Law enforcement officials reported damage from severe thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 56 knots (65 mph) that downed two trees and two power lines and numerous branches in the township of Oconomowoc.
April 2023HailMonterey-no account filed
June 2022HailMonterey-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Waukesha 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
Mapleton2.2 miles22
Lac La Belle2.5 miles18
Oconomowoc4.1 miles23
Okauchee Lake4.5 miles23
Oconomowoc Lake5.1 miles23
Stonebank5.1 miles22
Okauchee5.2 miles23
Summit Corners6.7 miles23

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 MontereyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6905280The 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 1569675. 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.