Castle Rock, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Castle Rock town. It lies in ZIP code area 53569. It lies near Crow Valley. The Survey maps it on the Castle Rock quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1933 USGS Boscobel quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Boscobel quadrangle1:62500
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Castle Rock quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Richland Center quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
34 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Castle Rock between 1993 and 2020, burning about 134 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | DUDLEY'S FIRE |
| 30 April 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CASTLE ROCK |
| 30 April 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 14 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BOWERS |
| 27 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 3.6 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Castle Rock: 1 past producer. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Updike Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Castle Rock in 9 storm reports between 1995 and 2016: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Castle Rock | $10,000 | Water was reported covering Collins Road and County Road Q near Castle Rock. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Castle Rock | $5,000 | A tree was blown down onto a house near Castle Rock. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Castle Rock | - | Locally heavy rains pushed the Fennimore Fork out of its banks sending water over Witek Road northeast of Fennimore. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Castle Rock | - | Along with the hail, wind gusts were estimated to be around 50 mph. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Castle Rock | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Castle Rock | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Castle Rock | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Castle Rock | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Castle Rock | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preston | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Homer | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Hickory Grove | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Centerville | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Lancaster Junction | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Montfort | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Fennimore | 7.9 miles | 15 | |
| Annaton | 9.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1562788. 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.







