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Westwood Estates, Wisconsin

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Pleasant Prairie Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53158. The Survey maps it on the Pleasant Prairie quadrangle.

Westwood Estates within Kenosha County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

7,887 words on this township

The History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin .., published 1879 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Pleasant Prairie Village covers the township.

Read the chapter on Pleasant Prairie Village - 7,887 words.

Fires near this place

26 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Westwood Estates between 2018 and 2020, burning about 18 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined13
Smoking7
Debris and open burning3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Arson/incendiarism1
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
9 September 2018Smoking1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources8369
9 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18327
24 August 2020Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources7960
2 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20517
31 July 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources7106
25 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources6908
25 July 2020Smoking1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources6897
24 July 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20480

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kenosha County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Westwood Estates: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Vermiculite. 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
Koos Inc. PlantVermiculitePlant
Bristol Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ponderosa PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Kenosha 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
Prairie Lake Estates0.5 miles14
Truesdell0.5 miles14
Pleasant Prairie1.5 miles14
South Kenosha4.2 miles16
Shorecrest Pointe4.7 miles16
Kenosha4.9 miles16
Woodworth4.9 miles19
Timber Ridge5.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2508189. 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.