Bunker Hill, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Westford town. It lies in ZIP code area 53924. It lies near Harrison Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Rockbridge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1905 USGS Richland Center quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Richland Center quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Rockbridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Richland Center quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
67 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Bunker Hill between 1992 and 2018, burning about 142 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 July 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 July 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 June 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MORS 2 |
| 24 May 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Bunker Hill: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunker Hill Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Chester Miller Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Dooley Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Rego Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Snyder Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bunker Hill in 1 storm report in 2006: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2006 | Hail | Bunker Hill | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corwin (historical) | 1.4 miles | 11 | |
| Germantown | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Cazenovia | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Loyd | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Hub City | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Rockbridge | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Henrietta (historical) | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Buck Creek | 7.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1578575. 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.







