Thursday, January 28, 2021

Around Town Middleton: Hidden Oaks subdivision

 

In 2007, Dane County and the City of Middleton purchased the Hinrichs Farm at the western edge of the city limits for the purpose of land conservation.  Total cost:  $420,000, with the city's share being $40,000.  

However, the Hinrichs family stipulated in the agreement that a portion of the land on the northeast corner of the property be set aside for residsential development.  Thus was born the environmentally troubled neighborhood of Hidden Oaks.




The subdivision was built on land that used to be a lake, according to Fuszard. It means the water tables are already higher than usual. So, add rain and melting snow, and there’s nowhere for the water to go, Fuszard said. 
Much of the water runs off downhill to a field that includes the headwaters of the Black Earth Creek. The land is owned by Dane County Parks.

 

Around Town Middleton posts
January 2021

December 2020

November 2020

October 2020

August 2020

February 2020
Say goodbye to Old National Bank.  (2/9)

December 2019
Roman Candle survives the cut, even without the availability of convenient parking.  (12/12)
The Monona side of town.  (12/6)

November 2019
Bike rack at Sauk Trail Elementary School.  (11/8)
Not everybody's on board in the Meadows neighborhood.  (11/4)
 
October 2019
Matching car and garage door.  (10/11)

September 2019
Around Town Middleton: Bees love ornamental onion plants.   (9/4) 

August 2019
60-year-old resident arrested for armed robbery.  (8/21)
Staff and visitors may now park in the MCPASD Services Center lot .  (8/2)

June 2019
"ROAD WORK AHEAD" trumps "DRIVE LIKE YOUR KIDS LIVE HERE" on Park Street.  (6/27)
Free lunch Friday.  (6/24/2019)
CBD, just like everywhere else in Wisconsin.  (6/24)
 
February 2019
According to chapter 8.07 of the city ordinances....  (2/4)

January 2019
More than a snow fort, but not a standing-room igloo.  (1/2)
 
December 2018
This section of sidewalk was replaced in 1980.  (12/18)
The post office's new and improved self-service kiosk.  (12/18)

November 2018
Spell checker.  (11/19)

August 2018
Must be on a tight schedule.  (8/6/)

July 2018
What type of seeds?  (7/6)

June 2018
If it's not one thing, it's another.  (6/23)
Bloom Bake Shop to reopen as Bloom Bindery, a bakery/bookstore.  (6/15)

May 2018
The Tiedeman Pond frog chorus.  (5/15)

March 2018
Tiedeman Pond winter fish kill.  (3/30)
Hear that lonesome whistle blow.  (3/22)
Explosion on Elmwood Avenue.  (3/20)
Googling 'Henry Hubbard'.  (3/18) 
A not-so-faded Flo strikes a new pose.  (3/12)

February 2018


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