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Waubeka, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Fredonia town. It lies in ZIP code area 53021. The Survey maps it on the Port Washington West quadrangle.

Waubeka within Ozaukee County

On record in Waubeka

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

15 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Waubeka between 2002 and 2020, burning about 18 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/undetermined8
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 July 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19017
6 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18017
26 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20038
1 May 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources110
8 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18005
20 April 2020Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20027
20 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20032

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ozaukee 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 Waubeka: 6 producers, 2 past producers. 6 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
Ciriak PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clump PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hamm PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hartman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hartmann PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lakeland SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lane PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rau Pit Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ozaukee County

Storms near this place

6 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waubeka in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2019: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 hail. 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 1996Thunderstorm WindWaubeka$20,000no account filed
March 2019FloodWaubeka$10,000A significant ice jam at the Milwaukee River at Waubeka closed the Cigrant Rd. bridge. Just upstream from the bridge, 20 homes were impacted by flooding and 50 people were evacuated. The American Red Cross gave aid to the evacuees. Much farther upstream, a lift station in the Village of Newburg was damaged. An Emergency Declaration was issued due to excessive flooding, although the flooding primarily was lowland.
April 2014FloodWaubeka-The Milwaukee river crested at 11.4 feet in Cedarburg and was experiencing minor flooding throughout Ozaukee County. Several roads were closed due to the flooding.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindWaubeka-Trees blown over.
May 2011HailWaubeka-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindWaubeka-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ozaukee 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
Fredonia2.1 miles12
Kohler2.3 miles15
Holy Cross5.0 miles12
Druecker6.8 miles13
Decker6.8 miles13
Saukville7.0 miles12
Knellsville7.6 miles13
Belgium7.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1576304. 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.