Token Creek, Wisconsin
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Burke town. It lies in ZIP code area 53532. The Survey maps it on the De Forest quadrangle. It stands 883 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 24 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.
- 1890 USGS Madison quadrangle1:62500
- 1892 USGS Madison quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1904 USGS Madison quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Madison quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS De Forest quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Madison quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS De Forest quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
23 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Token Creek between 2003 and 2020, burning about 570 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/undetermined | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1183 |
| 17 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2021851 |
| 16 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1822998 |
| 31 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 955 |
| 10 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 965 |
| 25 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 228245 |
| 9 May 2020 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 691 |
| 4 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 669 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Token Creek: 6 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bird Street Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Madison Stone Co Inc Ghost Hill Qy | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Paulson Schwenn Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ziegler Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Madison Airport Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Madison Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Norway Grove Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Token Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Token Creek in 14 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 11 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Token Creek | $15,000 | Numerous trees snapped about 10 to 15 feet above the ground. A felled tree onto a fiber glass roof shed, causing damage. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Token Creek | - | Public report of 1 inch diameter hail near Sun Prairie. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Token Creek | - | Public report of 1.25 inch diameter hail west of Sun Prairie. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Token Creek | - | Public report of 1 inch diameter hail near Sun Prairie. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Token Creek | - | The public reported hail measured to 1 inch in diameter in Token Creek. |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Token Creek | - | This brief tornado lasted less than a minute, and resulted in only minor tree branch damage. The starting and ending locations, with respect to lat/long pairs of numbers, were 43.21357/-89.25815 and 43.21372/-89.25403, respectively. DI #28 (TS), DOD2. Maximum wind speed about 75 mph. Average path width was about 15 yards. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Token Creek | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Token Creek | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Token Creek | - | no account filed |
| October 2023 | Hail | Token Creek | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Hail | Token Creek | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Token Creek | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Token Creek | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Funnel Cloud | Token Creek | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raintree | 0.3 miles | 24 | |
| Wynbrooke | 0.7 miles | 24 | |
| Sunburst | 1.2 miles | 24 | |
| Foxmoor Hills | 1.4 miles | 24 | |
| Sherwood Glen | 2.0 miles | 24 | |
| Hoepkers Corners | 2.1 miles | 24 | |
| Lake Windsor | 2.9 miles | 24 | |
| Windsor | 3.0 miles | 24 |
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 Token Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7813542 | 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 1575480. 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.









