Young America, Wisconsin
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Barton town. It lies in ZIP code area 53090. It stands on Silver Creek. The Survey maps it on the West Bend quadrangle. It stands 915 feet above sea level.
On record in Young America
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 within a mile 4 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Barton Elementary Schoollisted 2018 · 0.6 miles away
Gadow's Milllisted 1974 · 0.7 miles away
Barton Historic Districtlisted 1992 · 0.7 miles away
St. Agnes Convent and Schoollisted 2010 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1904 USGS West Bend quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS West Bend quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS West Bend quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Oconomowoc quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Oconomowoc quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
27 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Young America between 2018 and 2020, burning about 71 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/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1802951 |
| 28 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 785 |
| 10 July 2018 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1802296 |
| 30 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2001951 |
| 23 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1802084 |
| 13 May 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2001417 |
| 10 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2001382 |
| 1 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1801480 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Young America: 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 2 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barton Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Johann Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Thoma Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| West Bend Sand & Stone Schelle Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Young America in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2018: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Young America | $1,000 | A 1.5-2.0 foot diameter tree down on Barton Ave. at River Dr. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Young America | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Young America | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barton | 0.6 miles | 15 | |
| West Bend | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Orchard Grove | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Saint Michaels | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Nabob | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Kewaskum | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Myra | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Cheeseville | 5.7 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Young America | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8057905 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1577114. 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.






