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Oak Knoll, Wisconsin

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Mukwonago Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53149. The Survey maps it on the Mukwonago quadrangle.

Oak Knoll within Waukesha County

On record in Oak Knoll

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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

13 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Oak Knoll between 2008 and 2020, burning about 71 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
26 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources73
23 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources312
8 May 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources233
7 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18092
30 May 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19128
3 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20089
5 April 2020Recreation and ceremony10 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources163
23 April 2008Arson/incendiarism38 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Waukesha County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Oak Knoll: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Army Lake Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Bishop PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hales Corners PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
Mukwonago0.3 miles24
Jericho4.6 miles23
Eagleville5.1 miles24
Vernon5.1 miles23
Dodges Corners (historical)5.1 miles18
Saylesville5.7 miles23
North Prairie5.8 miles23
Genesee5.9 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1577758. 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.