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Winnebago Heights, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Calumet town. It stands on Pipe Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brothertown quadrangle.

Winnebago Heights within Fond du Lac County

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.

In the county-history sources

5,392 words on this township

The History of Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin, published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Calumet Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Calumet Town - 5,392 words.

Fires near this place

4 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Winnebago Heights in 2018, burning about 30 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/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1
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
24 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use15 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018057
18 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018040
1 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018037
25 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018035

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fond du Lac County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Winnebago Heights: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Silica QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Abler PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
John L. Schmitz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Fond du Lac 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
Highland Park0.5 miles12
Calumet Harbor1.0 miles12
Winnebago Park1.2 miles12
Laudolff Beach1.7 miles12
Pipe1.9 miles12
Pukwana Beach2.3 miles12
Welling Beach2.3 miles12
Gladstone Beach2.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1576872. 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.