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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.

Nabob within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

28 since 2017

Regional 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/undetermined17
Debris and open burning6
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Fireworks1

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
2 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1802951
10 July 2018Fireworks1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1802296
23 June 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1802084
9 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources111
18 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801057
18 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801058
17 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801055
13 May 2020Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2001417

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Barton Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Cedar Lake Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Johann PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Thoma PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
West Bend Sand & Stone Schelle PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Aurora1.7 miles14
Allenton3.7 miles14
Saint Anthony4.1 miles14
Kohlsville4.4 miles14
Diefenbach Corners4.6 miles15
West Bend4.7 miles15
Cedar Lake4.7 miles15
Saint Lawrence4.8 miles15

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 NabobAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6956979The 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.