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Pioneer Estates, Wisconsin

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Darien town. It lies in ZIP code area 53115. The Survey maps it on the Sharon quadrangle.

Pioneer Estates within Walworth County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

13 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Pioneer Estates between 2018 and 2020, burning about 11 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
Debris and open burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5

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
17 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources191
3 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources58
7 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1804008
4 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources117
30 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources135
29 April 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources134
24 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources130
23 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources108

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walworth County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Pioneer Estates: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 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
Ames PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Community PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Harness PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hopkins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hopkins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Koehl PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Schutt PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Triebold PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
Darien1.6 miles19
Delavan2.6 miles19
Delavan Lake4.0 miles19
Fairfield4.6 miles17
Allens Grove4.7 miles16
Lake Lawn5.1 miles19
Inlet5.6 miles19
East Delavan6.9 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2508620. 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.