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Pell Lake, Wisconsin

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Bloomfield Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53128. The Survey maps it on the Genoa City quadrangle.

Pell Lake within Walworth County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

7,463 words on this township

History of Walworth County, Wisconsin, Containing an Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources...its War Record, Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Prominent Men and Early Settlers; the Whole Preceded by a History of Wisconsin...and an Abstract of Its Laws and Constitution.., published 1882; History of Walworth County, Wisconsin .., published 1912 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Bloomfield Village covers the township.

Read the chapter on Bloomfield Village - 7,463 words.

Fires near this place

9 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Pell Lake between 2013 and 2018, burning about 28 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18387
19 May 2018Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources44
30 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1800394
25 April 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources115
22 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources18-145
16 April 2013Natural6.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources13-150
31 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources14-166
24 March 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1800274

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walworth 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 Pell Lake: 2 past producers, 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
Casey PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Home PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
S and W Dairy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Walworth County

Storms near this place

17 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pell Lake in 17 storm reports between 1997 and 2021: 8 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2000Flash FloodPell Lake$346,000no account filed
January 2008Tornado (EF1)Pell Lake$100,000This tornado inflicted minor damage on 3 structures and moderate damage on 2 structures in the County of Walworth (homes/pole sheds/barn), and uprooted or damaged a couple dozen trees. It spun up very near a drainage ditch/creek just west of West Court/Center Drive which which branches west from CTH U. This tornado crossed into Kenosha County about 0.4 mile north of where CTH U in Walworth County crosses the county line and becomes CTH F in Walworth County. It contiuned for several miles in western Kenosha County. The average path width was about 50 yards in Walworth County. The winds were estimated at 93 mph (DI 1 - SBO, DOD 5). The specific starting location in Walworth County was 42.54884,-88.33343, and the ending location in Walworth County was 42.56342,-88.30533. Refer to the western Kensoha County tornado event to see a map plot of the entire tornado path.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindPell Lake$30,000no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindPell Lake$10,000Numerous trees and power lines were downed as a thunderstorm pushed across the area.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindPell Lake$10,000The Walworth County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees and power lines downed by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 65 mph (56 knots) in a swath from Bloomington Township, near Pell Lake, to Lyons.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindPell Lake$6,000Large tree limbs and power lines down.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindPell Lake$2,000Several branches and trees down in Pell Lake.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindPell Lake$1,000no account filed
August 2021Thunderstorm WindPell Lake-Winds were estimated, with reports of power outages in the Broomfield area.
May 2018HailPell Lake-no account filed
May 2018HailPell Lake-no account filed
July 2017HailPell Lake-no account filed
July 2017HailPell Lake-no account filed
July 2017HailPell Lake-no account filed
April 2015HailPell Lake-no account filed
September 2005HailPell Lake-no account filed
May 2000HailPell Lake-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Walworth 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
North Bloomfield2.5 miles18
Genoa City3.0 miles17
Shady Side (historical)4.9 miles19
Lake Geneva5.7 miles19
Zenda7.2 miles19
Lyons7.8 miles19
Springfield7.8 miles19
Linton8.0 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1571158. 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.