Fox River, Wisconsin
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Salem Lakes Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53105. It stands on Bassett Creek. The Survey maps it on the Silver Lake quadrangle. It stands 761 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1893 USGS Silver Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1906 USGS Silver Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Silver Lake quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Silver Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Lake Geneva quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Fox River between 2018 and 2020, burning about 35 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 62 |
| 19 May 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 44 |
| 4 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2000370 |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 857 |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1800402 |
| 8 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 41 |
| 17 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 80 |
| 5 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | NEW MUNSTER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Fox River: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bassett Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Fischer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hillard Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Powers Lake Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Techert Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fox River in 7 storm reports between 2018 and 2024: 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2019 | Flood | Fox River | $10,000 | The Fox River at New Munster reached moderate flood stage, cresting at 13.63 feet the afternoon of October 4th. Floodwaters are into the lower levels of some homes in the Town of Wheatland and Village of Salem Lakes along Riverside Drive and Shorewood Drive. Relatively deep floodwaters are over 77th St. in the Town of Wheatland. |
| September 2019 | Flood | Fox River | $10,000 | The Fox River at New Munster reached moderate flood stage, cresting at 13.15 feet the evening of September 14th. Water is up to the first floor levels of some homes in the Town of Wheatland and Village of Salem Lakes along Riverside Drive and Shorewood Drive. There is flooding on 77th St. Floodwaters surround a home near the intersection of highway 50 and W. |
| October 2018 | Flood | Fox River | $10,000 | The Fox River reached minor flood stage, cresting at 13.23 ft. the late afternoon of October 7th. Floodwaters are into the lower levels of some homes in the Town of Wheatland and the Village of Salem Lakes along Riverside Drive and Shorewood Drive. A portion of 77th St. is flooded. |
| April 2024 | Flood | Fox River | $5,000 | Floodwaters are into the lower levels of some homes in the Town of Wheatland and the Village of Salem Lakes along Riverside Drive and Shorewood Drive. |
| May 2018 | Flood | Fox River | $5,000 | The Fox River at New Munster reached minor flood stage, cresting at 12.43 feet. Water was up to the first floor levels of some homes in the Town of Wheatland and Village of Salem Lakes along Riverside Drive and Shorewood Drive. |
| May 2020 | Flood | Fox River | $3,000 | The Fox River at New Munster reached minor flood stage, cresting at 12.46 feet on May 1st. Water is up to the first floor levels of some homes in the Town of Wheatland and the Village of Salem Lakes along Riverside Drive and Shorewood Drive. Floodwaters surround a home at the intersection of Highway 50 and Highway W in the Town of Wheatland area. Water is about 12 inches deep over 77th Street in the Town of Wheatland area. |
| April 2020 | Flood | Fox River | $2,000 | The Fox River at New Munster reached minor flood stage, cresting at 12.46 feet on May 1st. This flooding continued into the early evening of May 5th. Water is up to the first floor levels of some homes in the Town of Wheatland and the Village of Salem Lakes along Riverside Drive and Shorewood Drive. Floodwaters surround a home at the intersection of Highway 50 and Highway W in the Town of Wheatland area. Water is about 12 inches deep over 77th Street in the Town of Wheatland area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Lake | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| Bassett | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Camp Lake | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| New Munster | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Wheatland | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Twin Lakes | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Salem | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Klondike | 4.1 miles | 19 |
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 Fox River | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5476887 | 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 1565230. 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.








