Indian Heights, Wisconsin
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Lyndon town. It lies in ZIP code area 53944. It stands on Gilmore Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wisconsin Dells North quadrangle. It stands 850 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1901 USGS The Dells quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Wisconsin Dells quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Wisconsin Dells NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Wisconsin Dells North quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wisconsin Dells quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Wisconsin Dells quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
309 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 309 fires within 5 miles of Indian Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 486 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 11 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 | 101 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 81 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Fireworks | 11 |
| Other causes | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.1 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HIGHWAY 13-2 |
| 2 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HIGHWAY 13-1 |
| 7 August 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SQUIRREL |
| 5 August 2012 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BOOM FIRE |
| 4 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HIGHWAY 12 CHURCHYARD |
| 3 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyndon Station | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Lemonweir | 12.0 miles | 12 | |
| Mauston | 15.1 miles | 12 | |
| Lindina | 17.5 miles | 12 | |
| Wonewoc | 20.9 miles | 11 | |
| New Lisbon | 22.2 miles | 12 | |
| Union Center | 23.1 miles | 11 | |
| Elroy | 23.7 miles | 11 |
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 Indian Heights | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6020440 | 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 2741526. 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.







