Lampson, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Brooklyn town. It lies in ZIP code area 54888. The Survey maps it on the Trego quadrangle. It stands 1,178 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1948 USGS Spooner quadrangle1:48000
- 1949 USGS Spooner quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rice Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Spooner quadrangle1:62500
- 1980 USGS Spooner quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Trego quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
48 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Lampson between 1992 and 2019, burning about 102 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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 | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HORNETS NEST |
| 10 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 1997 | Fireworks | 4.3 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 July 2001 | Other causes | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 June 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | LAKESIDE FIRE |
| 3 June 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Lampson: 18 occurrences, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chauncey Jacobsen Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Chauncey Jacobsen Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Edward Stueckler Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Ernest Zieroth Jr. Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Fred & Lucille Bohne Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| G. M. Thompson Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Haugen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Johana C. Davis Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Lavern Graham Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Namekagon River Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lampson in 3 storm reports between 2011 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trego | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Earl | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Springbrook | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Minong | 8.0 miles | 9 | |
| Harmon (historical) | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Stanberry | 10.2 miles | 9 | |
| Chittamo | 11.3 miles | 9 | |
| Spooner | 11.7 miles | 8 |
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 Lampson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6482665 | 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 1567822. 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.






