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Wind Lake, Wisconsin

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Norway town. It lies in ZIP code area 53185. The Survey maps it on the Waterford quadrangle.

Wind Lake within Racine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

1,091 words on this township

Official Record of the Old Settlers Society of Racine County, Wisconsin : with the Historical Address of Charles E. Dyer, Delivered at Burlington, Wis., February 22, 1871, published 1871 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Norway Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Norway Town - 1,091 words.

Fires near this place

23 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Wind Lake between 2010 and 2020, burning about 475 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 were 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 burning6
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural2
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
9 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources186
2 August 2020Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20065
13 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20023
27 May 2010Natural200 acresHoricon National Wildlife RefugeBIG MUSKEGO MARSH WF
26 May 2010Natural180 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20028
10 May 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20031
3 April 2020Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Racine County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wind Lake: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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
Degraves PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Racine County

Storms near this place

9 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wind Lake in 9 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
August 2015Thunderstorm WindWind Lake$15,000Many tree branches or trees down throughout the county.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindWind Lake$5,000A trained spotter reported trees and power lines blown down by damaging thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 52 knots (60 mph) in Wind Lake.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindWind Lake-Police officials reported many trees and power lines down in Wind Lake.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindWind Lake-Law enforcement reported a thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 52 knots (60 mph).
June 2009Thunderstorm WindWind Lake-A few large trees were toppled.
May 2025HailWind Lake-no account filed
April 2015HailWind Lake-no account filed
August 2015HailWind Lake-no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindWind Lake-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Racine 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
Tichigan2.1 miles18
Buena Park4.2 miles18
Harbor Heights4.7 miles18
Union Church4.8 miles17
Waterford5.4 miles18
North Cape5.8 miles17
Caldwell6.3 miles24
Beaumont6.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1576844. 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.