Charme, Wisconsin
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Eastman town. It lies in ZIP code area 54626. It lies near Sioux Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Harpers Ferry quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1903 USGS Waukon quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1929 USGS Prairie Du Chien quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Prairie Du Chien quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Prairie Du Chien quadrangle1:62500
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Harpers Ferry quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Decorah quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
34 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Charme between 1993 and 2020, burning about 54 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | GRAPEVINE N FIRE |
| 6 May 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 May 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.4 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | EASTMAN RIDGE |
| 5 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Charme: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harpers Ferry Diggings | Lead | Past Producer | Galena | |
| Harpers Ferry Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Quality Sand & Gravel Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Brazell Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| O Connel Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Shrader Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown |
Storms near this place
9 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Charme in 9 storm reports between 2013 and 2023: 4 heavy rain, 3 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 2021 | Flash Flood | Charme | $110,000 | Runoff from storms with locally heavy rain caused standing high water, mud and rock slides that caused officials to close State Highway 35 between County Highways D and N west of Eastman. Additional county and township roads and bridges were damaged by floodwaters near Seneca. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Charme | $50,000 | Runoff from heavy rain caused a small creek north of Prairie du Chien to go out of its banks and cause some damage along Mill Coulee Road. Private driveways were washed out along with concrete sections of the road. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charme | $2,000 | A tree was blown down onto a power line north of Prairie du Chien. |
| May 2023 | Flood | Charme | - | Significant upstream runoff from the combination of heavy rainfall and rapidly melting snow resulted in major flooding in the city of Prairie Du Chien. Impacts included road closures from rising water on St. Feriole Island, Highway 18, and County Road K. Many homes were also affected as residents had to be evacuated from rising waters. Dry conditions allowed the Mississippi River to slowly recede and drop below minor flood stage at the dam in McGregor, Iowa on May 15th. |
| June 2021 | Heavy Rain | Charme | - | Southwest of Eastman, 4.75 inches of rain fell. |
| June 2021 | Heavy Rain | Charme | - | Southwest of Lynxville, 9.5 inches of rain fell. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Charme | - | A mudslide occurred south of Lynxville that covered both lanes of State Highway 35. |
| June 2013 | Heavy Rain | Charme | - | The COOP observer at the Lynxville Lock and Dam reported 3.87 inches of rain. |
| April 2013 | Heavy Rain | Charme | - | The COOP observer at Lynxville reported 2.18 inches of rain. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastman | 6.4 miles | 19 | |
| Lynxville | 6.9 miles | 19 | |
| White Corners | 7.6 miles | 19 | |
| Prairie du Chien | 8.0 miles | 20 | |
| Seneca | 11.6 miles | 10 | |
| Bridgeport | 11.7 miles | 19 | |
| Ferryville | 12.8 miles | 18 | |
| Wauzeka | 14.7 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1577542. 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.









