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Peebles, Wisconsin

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Taycheedah town. It lies in ZIP code area 54937. It stands on Taycheedah Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fond du Lac quadrangle. It stands 814 feet above sea level.

Peebles within Fond du Lac County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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.

In the county-history sources

6,126 words on this township

The History of Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin, published 1880 names this settlement in its chapter on Taycheedah Town. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

WILLIAM E. tJOHTEKMOXT, farmer. Sec. 20; P. O. Peebles; is a native of New York, was born in Lewis Co. Dec. 13, 1827; in early life, he received a liberal education at the common schools in his native county ; in 186(>, he came to Wisconsin, located where he now lives; he owns IGO acres of land, finely improved, and possessing many natural advantages. In politics, he is a consistent and active Republican. He was a member of the Taycheedah Town Board of Trustees, also Town Treasurer. His wife was Louisa Dart, nee Hoagland ; he has one son (Charles), by a former marriage ; his wife had two children by her marriage with her first husband (J. M. Dart), viz. : Ida and Alma. Mr. Goutermont is a representative man of Taycheedah, and one who identifies himself closely with the progress of her public interests ; he has been very successful in life, and is possessed of great physical vigor.

Passage source: The History of Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin, published 1880.

JOHN C. HO ACL AND, farmer. Sec. 32 ; P.O.Peebles; is a native of Pennsylvania, and came to Wisconsin about 1848, and has lived in the town of Taycheedah the most of the time since. He h;is been twice married ; his children are Mrs. E. Lyons, of La Crosse, Wis.; Mrs. Goutermont, of Taycheedah, and Edward. Mr. Hoagland is a leading former and an enterprising citizen.

Passage source: The History of Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin, published 1880.

E. PEEOLiES, farmer, and proprietor of cheese factory. Sec. 32; P. 0. Peebles; is a native of Martinsburg, Lewis Co., N. Y.; was born Aug. 22, 1822 ; in November, 1845, he came to Wisconsin and located in Taycheedah. In 1847, he married Miss Margaret Van Valkenburg; they have six children living - Sanford S., Sarah J., John E., Oscar, Emma and Sherman ; one child deceased, Ella, died in 1878; in 1875, Mr. Peebles erected a cheese factory on his farm, where he makes about an average of 100,000 chee.se per annum, which is widely known for its superior quality; he owns a finely improved farm of 170 acres. Politically, he acts with the Republicans, being an active worker in that party since its organization ; he is an active, energetic, go-ahead citizen, and one who takes an active part in all public enterprises that give promise of advancing the interests of the public; his father, Sanford Peebles, was a soldier in active service during the war of 1812; he^ married, in his native State (New York), Miss Sarah Bowen ; he is now deceased ; she is living at Martinsburg, N. Y.

Passage source: The History of Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin, published 1880.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Taycheedah Town - it names this place 17 more 17 times.

Fires near this place

13 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Peebles between 1993 and 2020, burning about 21 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/undetermined5
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
20 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources63
6 July 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources184343
18 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018040
1 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018037
5 April 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources37
25 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018035
11 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources23

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fond du Lac County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Peebles: 3 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Own CrewsStoneUnknown
Silica QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Abler PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fond Du Lac PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Fuhrmann PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
John L. Schmitz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Fond du Lac County

Storms near this place

1 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peebles in 1 storm report in 1999: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 1999Thunderstorm WindPeebles$1,000no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fond du Lac 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
Hopokoekau Beach0.7 miles13
Taycheedah1.1 miles13
Minawa Beach2.1 miles13
Saint Peter2.3 miles12
Luco2.5 miles13
Linden Beach2.6 miles12
Silica3.0 miles12
Bergen Beach3.1 miles12

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 PeeblesAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14714582The 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 1571147. 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.