Nasbro, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Lomira town. It lies in ZIP code area 53006. The Survey maps it on the Mayville North quadrangle. It stands 1,020 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Waupun quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Waupun SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Fond Du Lac quadrangle1:100000
- 1981 USGS Mayville North quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
3,352 words on this townshipThe History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, Containing ... Its Early Settlement, Growth ... an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities ... War Record, Biographical Sketches, published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Lomira Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Lomira Town - 3,352 words.
Fires near this place
7 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Nasbro between 2009 and 2020, burning about 45 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 May 2017 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | THERESA SITE 2 |
| 29 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18062 |
| 21 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19023 |
| 2 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20012 |
| 16 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Horicon National Wildlife Refuge | FINALS WF |
| 19 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18042 |
| 27 November 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CHILLY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Nasbro: 4 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farmersville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Oakfield Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Western Lime-Knowles Quarry | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Byron Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| El Dais Stone Company Plant | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Farmersville Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Hoppe Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nasbro in 2 storm reports in 2018: 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2018 | Tornado (EF2) | Nasbro | $169,000 | Tornado was 1 of 19 tornadoes that occurred across central to east central Wisconsin on the afternoon of August 28th. This was the strongest tornado of the event and went just north of the Village of Brownsville. The worst damage was to a Canadian National Railway communications tower which was crumpled over. Widespread straight line winds caused significant tree and crop damage across the county as well. |
| August 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | Nasbro | - | Tornado was 1 of 19 tornadoes that occurred across central to east central Wisconsin on the afternoon of August 28th. This tornado went through the southern side of the Village of Brownsville and ended at the Quadgraphics facility near Hwy 175. Widespread straight line winds caused significant tree and crop damage across the county as well. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knowles | 1.5 miles | 10 | |
| Brownsville | 1.7 miles | 9 | |
| Farmersville | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Lomira | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| LeRoy | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Kekoskee | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Theresa | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Theresa Station | 6.2 miles | 9 |
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 Nasbro | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6966628 | 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 1570104. 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.





