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Union, Wisconsin

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Lima town. It lies in ZIP code area 53818. It lies near Buckwheat Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Ellenboro quadrangle. It stands 1,099 feet above sea level.

Union within Grant County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

4 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Union between 2018 and 2020, burning about 26 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 burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
6 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20137
11 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018060
18 March 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018045
19 November 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined21 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20217

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Union: 10 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium. 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
Hodgson QuarryCalciumProducer
Upper Mississippi Valley ProspectZinc, Copper, LeadProspect
Ellenboro QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ellenboro Township QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hodgeson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Merkus QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Crow Branch MineZinc, LeadUnknownSphalerite
Crow Branch MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
Kuster and Ray MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Last Chance MineZinc, LeadUnknownSphalerite

Every working recorded in Grant County

Storms near this place

12 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Union in 12 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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
June 2008Thunderstorm WindUnion$10,000Numerous tree branches were downed and some farm machinery was damaged. Lots of flooding was observed as well.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindUnion$8,000Winds were strong enough to push the rear of a spotter's sport utility vehicle two feet to the side.
July 2009HailUnion$6,000A few pieces of hail were larger than quarter size and winds were also measured at 52.5 mph.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindUnion$5,000A 66 mph wind gust occurred northwest of Platteville that blew down trees and power lines.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindUnion$5,000Numerous power lines were blown down north of Ellenboro.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindUnion$5,000no account filed
June 2008Tornado (EF0)Union$3,000A brief tornado touched down 0.6 miles northeast of Union, or 0.2 miles north of the intersection of Town Hall Road and County Road AD. Winds were estimated at 70 to 80 mph. An enhanced area of tree damage occurred, with a few 18 inch diameter pines snapped off 15 feet above the ground. A nearby residence sustained little damage, although power lines were downed.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindUnion$1,000An estimated 62 mph wind gust occurred north of Platteville causing some tree damage.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindUnion-A trained spotter measured a wind gust to 59 mph near Union in Grant County.
October 2018Heavy RainUnion-Northwest of Platteville, 4.72 inches of rain fell.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindUnion-A 61 mph wind gust occurred east of Ellenboro.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindUnion-A 63 mph wind gust was measured north of Platteville.

Every storm recorded in Grant 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
Arthur4.4 miles14
Annaton5.6 miles15
Ellenboro5.7 miles16
Livingston7.0 miles13
Platteville7.1 miles13
Stitzer8.4 miles15
Lancaster9.8 miles15
Preston10.0 miles15

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 UnionAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7885289The 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 1577867. 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.