Coolidge, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Fifield town. It lies in ZIP code area 54524. The Survey maps it on the Priest Lake quadrangle. It stands 1,503 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1941 USGS Park Falls quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Park Falls quadrangle1:48000
- 1947 USGS Park Falls quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Park Falls quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Park Falls quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Priest Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
39 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Coolidge (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 49 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | DEBOTH FIRE |
| 10 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | VAIL FIRE |
| 29 June 2010 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SEVERT FIRE |
| 25 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | JOHNSON FIRE |
| 21 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | WHITE ROCK |
| 9 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.5 acres | Wisconsin 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 Coolidge (historical): 5 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chada Road Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Chada Road Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Chada Road Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Coolidge Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Old 13 Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Sailor Creek Sand Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fifield | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Lugerville | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Phillips | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Park Falls | 8.7 miles | 11 | |
| Lymantown | 8.8 miles | 11 | |
| Kaiser (historical) | 10.2 miles | 9 | |
| Cranberry Lake | 12.3 miles | 10 | |
| Kennedy | 14.9 miles | 12 |
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 Coolidge (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5167455 | 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 1840272. 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.







