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Lakeview, Wisconsin

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1990. It stands in La Crosse City. It lies in ZIP code area 54603. It lies near Bell Island. The Survey maps it on the Holmen quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Lakeview within La Crosse County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on La Crosse city. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.

From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin : Containing an Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources : an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities, Towns and Villages-their Improvements, Industries, Manufactories, Churches, Schools and Societies : Its War Record, Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Prominent Men and Early Settlers : the Whole Preceeded by a History of Wisconsin, Statistics of the State, and an Abstract of Its Laws and Constitution and the Constitution of the United States, published 1881 - La Crosse City

A Stikrixg Evknt

In the month of September of this year, 1847, a circumstance happened v.hich created immense excitement among the residents of La Crosse, involving the character and reputation of one citizen temporarily by the fear that he was guilty of the crime of murder, and had his suspected victim been found dead, as he was at one time likely to have been, the fate of a niui'derer would doulitless have been decreed him.

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In the county-history sources

39,168 words on this township

History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin : Containing an Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources : an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities, Towns and Villages-their Improvements, Industries, Manufactories, Churches, Schools and Societies : Its War Record, Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Prominent Men and Early Settlers : the Whole Preceeded by a History of Wisconsin, Statistics of the State, and an Abstract of Its Laws and Constitution and the Constitution of the United States, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on La Crosse City covers the township.

Read the chapter on La Crosse City - 39,168 words.

Fires near this place

41 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Lakeview (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 40 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2003Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreLaCrosse District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife RefugePAMMEL CREEK FIRE
2 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1900058
14 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2003958
5 July 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2003248
31 July 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1807990
16 July 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources200504
4 June 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19-0479

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in La Crosse County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Lakeview (historical): 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lacrosse County Highway Dept. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bucklin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dresbach QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kedhara QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in La Crosse County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Onalaska1.7 miles17
French Island Village2.0 miles13
Midway2.2 miles13
French Island2.7 miles14
Sunset Point (historical)3.3 miles13
Brice Prairie3.5 miles13
West La Crosse3.6 miles14
North La Crosse3.6 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1843321. 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.