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Willow Springs, Wisconsin

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It lies in ZIP code area 53051. The Survey maps it on the Sussex quadrangle.

Willow Springs within Waukesha County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

27 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Willow Springs between 2010 and 2020, burning about 11 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined18
Debris and open burning4
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
10 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources367
31 August 2012Natural1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1802082
14 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2002444
7 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801676
7 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801682
20 June 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2002129
4 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19560

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Waukesha County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Willow Springs: 15 producers, 8 past producers, 2 unknowns. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Four Halquist QuarriesStoneUnknown
Genessee & Lannon QuarriesStoneUnknown
Fonda Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lannon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Main Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Vulcan Materials Co Sussex QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Colgate Pit Yard 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
J J PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
K and N Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lannon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Waukesha 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
Lannon1.1 miles20
Sussex2.0 miles20
Lisbon3.5 miles20
Marcy3.5 miles21
Colgate3.9 miles20
Menomonee Falls4.5 miles20
Duplainville4.5 miles21
Fussville5.7 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1576798. 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.