Elmhurst, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Rolling town. It lies in ZIP code area 54409. The Survey maps it on the Aniwa quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1952 USGS Antigo quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Aniwa quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Merrill quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
1,794 words on this townshipHistory of Langlade County, Wisconsin, from U. S. Government Survey to Present Time, with Biographical Sketches, published 1922 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Rolling Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Rolling Town - 1,794 words.
Fires near this place
89 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Elmhurst between 1993 and 2020, burning about 112 acres in total. 2 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 | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | LAST STRAW FIRE |
| 5 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | COUNTY Y |
| 6 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HIGHWAY Y #1 |
| 3 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 July 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TRAILER PARK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Elmhurst: 13 past producers, 7 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Keen Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mildred Walters Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Snell Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bear Lake Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Ehrenreich Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Elbow Road Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Elmhurst Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hess Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Huggins Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Huggins Road Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elmhurst in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmhurst | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees near Aniwa. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Elmhurst | - | Quarter size hail fell near the intersection of Highway 47 and Highway 45. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmhurst | - | Numerous large trees were snapped and uprooted about 4 miles south of Antigo near Highway D. Crops were also flattened by the strong winds. |
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.
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 Elmhurst | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5366761 | 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 1564576. 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.




