Nabob, Wisconsin
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1991. It stands in West Bend town. It lies in ZIP code area 53095. It lies near Lone Island. The Survey maps it on the Allenton quadrangle. It stands 1,178 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1904 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Allenton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Oconomowoc quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Oconomowoc quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
28 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Nabob between 2017 and 2020, burning about 70 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 | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1802951 |
| 10 July 2018 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1802296 |
| 23 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1802084 |
| 9 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 111 |
| 18 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1801057 |
| 18 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1801058 |
| 17 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1801055 |
| 13 May 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2001417 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Nabob: 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barton Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Cedar Lake Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Johann Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Thoma Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| West Bend Sand & Stone Schelle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Allenton | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Saint Anthony | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Kohlsville | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Diefenbach Corners | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| West Bend | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Cedar Lake | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Saint Lawrence | 4.8 miles | 15 |
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 Nabob | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6956979 | 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 1570093. 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.






