Waldwick, Wisconsin
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Waldwick town. It lies in ZIP code area 53565. The Survey maps it on the Waldwick quadrangle. It stands 1,079 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1902 USGS Mineral Point quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Waldwick quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Dubuque North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Waldwick between 1999 and 2020, burning about 192 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018-21 |
| 16 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 9006000 |
| 30 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 125 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 5172 |
| 30 March 1999 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 4677 |
| 15 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | YELLOWSTONE GUN RANGE FIRE |
| 7 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20064 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Waldwick: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| King Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Wendtlandt Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waldwick in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 3 hail, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waldwick | $10,000 | A swath of numerous large trees snapped, some were rotted. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waldwick | $10,000 | A swath of scattered tree and crop damage via straight-line winds. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waldwick | $10,000 | Numerous 10 to 30 inch diameter trees snapped in the town of Waldwick. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Waldwick | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Waldwick | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Hail | Waldwick | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonesdale | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Hollandale | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Mineral Point | 7.8 miles | 14 | |
| Adamsville (historical) | 8.8 miles | 12 | |
| Moscow | 9.8 miles | 12 | |
| Dodgeville | 10.5 miles | 14 | |
| Middlebury | 11.3 miles | 12 | |
| Ridgeway | 12.5 miles | 15 |
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 Waldwick | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7961656 | 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 1576154. 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.






