Fifield, 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. It stands on Murray Creek. The Survey maps it on the Park Falls quadrangle. It stands 1,489 feet above sea level.
On record in Fifield
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 3 records
Fifield Fire Lookout Towerlisted 2007
Fifield Town Halllisted 1978
Round Lake Logging Damlisted 1981
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 Park Falls quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
66 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Fifield between 1992 and 2019, burning about 65 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 June 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 June 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 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 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Fifield: 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Betsy Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Burtle Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| 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 | ||
| Fifield Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fifield Lookout Tow. Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Fifield Lookout Tower Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Krucky Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
25 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fifield in 25 storm reports between 1993 and 2020: 10 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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 1995 | Hail | Fifield | $600,000 | Hail from 1.25 to three inches in diameter fell in and around Fifield between 1624 and 1635CST. An automobile dealership sustained $550 thousand worth of damage to inventory. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fifield | $2,500 | Trees were blown down near Pike Lake in the Chequamegon National Forest. |
| June 2017 | Flash Flood | Fifield | $1,000 | A culvert washed out along Old Highway 13/Case Avenue. |
| June 2017 | Flood | Fifield | $1,000 | Water flowed over Wisconsin State Highway 13 and Boyer Road near Fifield. |
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Fifield | - | Numerous roads were closed due to water in the town of Fifield. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fifield | - | Scattered tree damage was observed in the area. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fifield | - | There were numerous trees down across town. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fifield | - | Downed trees blocked Highway 70 and power lines were down in Fifield WI. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Fifield | - | Widespread street flooding with water covering roadways occurred across mainly northern Price County, centered around the Fifield and Park Falls area. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fifield | - | Trees were blown down near the intersection of Highway 70 and Highway 13. |
| October 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Fifield | - | At least two homes received minor damage, including blown out windows. One large tree and several limbs were downed. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fifield | - | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fifield | - | Large trees and power lines were blown down on State Highway 13. Also, three-quarter inch diameter hail fell. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fifield | - | Numerous trees were blown down and blocking Hwy 70. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Fifield | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Fifield | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Fifield | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Fifield | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Fifield | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Fifield | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Fifield | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fifield | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Fifield | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Fifield | - | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Tornado (F0) | Fifield | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Falls | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Lymantown | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Coolidge (historical) | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Kaiser (historical) | 7.2 miles | 9 | |
| Lugerville | 8.5 miles | 10 | |
| Kennedy | 12.6 miles | 12 | |
| Phillips | 12.7 miles | 10 | |
| Cranberry Lake | 17.0 miles | 10 |
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 Fifield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5447410 | 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 1564931. 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.







